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Jerome Lalande Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jerome Lalande, based on 1 World History Database records associated with France.

1 records1795–17951 events0 places

Chronological biography

1795

Discovery of Neptune1795
Science / Astronomy

There is evidence that Neptune was seen and recorded by Galileo Galilei in 1613, Jerome Lalande in 1795 and John Herschel in 1830 but none is known to have recognized it as a planet at the time

Record provenance

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