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Triton
Image of Triton, Neptune's largest satellite, captured by a camera aboard Voyager 2, 1989.
Triton was discovered by the English astronomer William Lassell on October 10, 1846. This occurred just 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself, which had been identified on September 23, 1846.12