Birth of Urbain Le Verrier
Birth of Urbain Le Verrier
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Urbain Le Verrier Biography and Timeline
Follow Urbain Le Verrier through 6 dated historical records for France.
Urbain Le Verrier, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1811–1877Years on this page
1811
1846
Prediction of Neptune
Predicts Neptune's position from gravitational perturbations in Uranus's orbit.
Role range: 1811-1877
1859
Orbit of Mercury
Le Verrier was the first to report that the slow precession of Mercurys orbit around the Sun could not be completely explained by Newtonian mechanics and perturbations by the known planets
Mercury Perihelion Anomaly
Reports the unexplained advance of Mercury's perihelion, later explained by general relativity.
Role range: 1811-1877
1860
Vulcan Hypothesis
Le Verrier proposes an unseen planet inside Mercury's orbit as one possible explanation for the unexplained advance of Mercury's perihelion.
1877
Death of Urbain Le Verrier
Death of Urbain Le Verrier
Records, sources and methodology
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