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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. He made this discovery using a 24-inch reflecting telescope of his own design, just 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself.12