Jerome Lalande1795
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
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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
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