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Prediction of Neptune

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

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1846

Urbain Le Verrier31 August 1846

Paris · Science / Astronomy

Predicts Neptune's position from gravitational perturbations in Uranus's orbit.

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Urbain Le Verrier

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