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The first evidence of helium was observed on August 18, 1868 as a bright yellow line with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometers in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the Sun.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt was discovered in the sun before it was found on Earth.
It is usually found in natural gas wells.
(Most of the Helium found on Earth is the result of radioactive decay (Alpha particles).
The first discovery of helium was by French astronomer Pierre Janssen during a total sun eclipse in Guntur India, 1868.
The sun is almost purely constitued of Helium in plasma state (at temperature above million Kelvin).
The Latin name for 'sun' is 'helios'.
Helium was first encountered on Earth by Italian physicist Luigi Plaimeri Palmieri in 1882.
However in Wikipedia (English, 19th dec. '11) another story arises:
(Cit.) Helium .......
"..... was first detected as an unknown yellow spectral line signature in sunlight during a solar eclipse in 1868 by French astronomer Pierre Jules Janssen.
Janssen is jointly credited with detecting the element along with Norman Lockyer during the solar eclipse of 1868, and Lockyer was the first to propose that the line was due to a new element, which he named.
The formal discovery of the element was made in 1895 by two Swedish chemists, Per Teodor Cleve and Nils Abraham Langlet, who found helium emanating from the uranium ore cleveite.
In 1903, large reserves of helium were found in natural gas fields in parts of the United States, which is by far the largest supplier of the gas today."
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∙ 11y agoThe first evidence of helium was observed on August 18, 1868 as a bright yellow line with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometers in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the Sun. The line was detected by French astronomer Jules Janssen during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India.
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∙ 6y agoI believe it was Sir Norman Lockyer
Helium was first discovered on the sun, by analysis of the spectrum of sunlight.
Norman Lockyer
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∙ 9y agoHelium was discovered by Janssen and Lockyear in 1868 studying spectra of the Sun during an eclipse.
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∙ 14y agoHelium was first discovered on the sun, by analysis of the spectrum of sunlight.
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∙ 11y agoHelium was first discovered in the sun spectroscopically during solar eclipse.
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∙ 11y agoHelium was first discovered in the sun spectroscopically. It get its name from the Greek word, Helios, meaning "the sun".
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What year was helium discovered in?
Helium was discovered in 18951868
Who discovered hilum?
Helium was first discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Jansen. Helium is named after the Greek word for sun - helios.
Was helium discovered 1895?
Yes, Helium was discovered in 1895 by Sir William Ramsay. There are some websites to learn more at the related links.
Where was helium discoved and by who?
Pierre Janssen was a French astronomer who discovered helium in 1868. India.
Where did helium get his name from?
Helium pays homage to Helios, a Greco-Roman sun god. Helium was spectroscopically discovered in the sun"s rays before it was found on earth. It was discovered formally in 1868.
What year was helium discovered in?
Helium was discovered in 18951868
Helium was discovered in the sun before it was discovered on earth. How?
Helium was discovered in the sun specroscopically
What year was helium discovered?
Helium was discovered in 1895 by William Ramsay.
Helium was discovered as component of the?
Helium was first discovered as a component of the sun before being discovered on earth. Hence the name.
When did Pierre Janssen discover helium?
Helium was discovered in 1895.
What year was Helium?
Helium was discovered in 1895 by William Ramsay.
Which element was discovered in space before it was discovered on earth?
helium
What country was helium discovered in?
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.
What country is Helium discovered in?
England
How discovered helium?
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.
Who discovered hilum?
Helium was first discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Jansen. Helium is named after the Greek word for sun - helios.
Why was the discovery of helium unusual?
Because helium was discovered by spectral methods in the Sun.
