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Second Neptune Ring Arc Detection

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

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Chronological records

1985

Bruno Sicardy20 August 1985

Science / Astronomy

Sicardy helps obtain further occultation evidence confirming that Neptune possesses persistent ring arcs.

Names involved

Bruno Sicardy

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