When was Triton discovered?
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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 in October 1846, only a few weeks after the discovery of the planet Neptune itself.1