1789 Fact Sheet

Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements

Record Name Element Year Discovered Discovered By Source
Uranium Uranium 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth Jefferson Lab
Yttrium Yttrium 1789 Johan Gadolin Jefferson Lab
Zirconium Zirconium 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth Jefferson Lab

Database: Solar System Moons

Record Name Planet Discoverer Year Discovered Kilometers from Planet Diameter (Kilometers) Oribital Period
Enceladus Saturn W. Herschel 1789 238,020 498 1.370
Mimas Saturn W. Herschel 1789 185,520 398 0.942

Database: Periodic Table of the Elements

Record Name Symbol Group Number Melting Point Boiling Point Density Year Discovered Atomic Weight % of Earth's Crust
Zirconium Zr 4 40 1852 4377 6.51 1789 91.224 0.025
Uranium U 102 92 1132 3818 18.95 1789 238.0289

Database: US Presidents

Record Name Birth State Religion Political Party Died Country Term Start Term Finish Birthdate Date of Death Inauguration Age Age at Death Number
Washington VIRGINIA Episcopalian Federalist Died after Office United States 1789 1797 2/22/1732 12/14/1799 57 67 1

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