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Discovery of Neptune

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1846Date range
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Chronological records

1846

John Frederick William Herschel1846

Science / Astronomy

In an 1846 letter to Wilhelm Struve, John Herschel states that he observed Neptune during a sweep of the sky on July 14, 1830

Names involved

John Frederick William Herschel

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