The first scientific attempt to map the Milky Way galaxy
A) showed that the sun was located in the center of the system of planets making up our galaxy.
B) showed that our galaxy is a round ball on which we live.
C) showed that our galaxy has 9 stars.
D) used globular clusters to determine the location of the center of the Earth.
E) was completed by William and Caroline Herschel.

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William and Caroline Herschel made the first scientific attempt to map the Milky Way galaxy in the late 18th century by counting stars in different regions of the sky.

The First Scientific Attempt to Map the Milky Way Galaxy