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Discovery of Neptune

France · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1795

Jerome Lalande1795

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

Names involved

Jerome Lalande

Provenance

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