Helium was first discovered as a component of the sun before being discovered on earth. Hence the name.
Helium was discovered in the sun specroscopically
Helium was discovered in 1868 by French astronomer Jules Janssen during a solar eclipse while observing the sun's spectrum.
Helium was discovered in 1895 by William Ramsay.
Helium is an inert gas.
Helium was discovered in 1895 by William Ramsay.
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The spectral line for helium was first discovered by a French astronomer working in India during a solar eclipse. An English astronomer determine that this spectral line was due to a previously unknown element. An Italian physicist first detected helium on Earth. A Scottish chemist, was the first to isolate helium on Earth. So where was helium discovered? Depending on how you define "discovery" it was discovered in India, France, England, Italy or Scotland.
Pierre Janssen, who was a French astronomer discovered helium in 1868. It was the English astronomer Norman Lockyer who proposed the name helium after the Greek name of the sun, Helios.
Helium was first discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Jansen. Helium is named after the Greek word for sun - helios.
Because helium was discovered by spectral methods in the Sun.
Pierre Janssen discovered helium in 1868 during a solar eclipse while observing spectral lines in the sun's corona.