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Whose calculations independently predicted Neptune at roughly the same time?
Quick Answer
Urbain Le Verrier independently calculated Neptune’s position in 1846. His prediction directly prompted the telescope search that found the planet.
The Full Story
Urbain Le Verrier, a French astronomer and mathematician, used Uranus’s orbital irregularities to infer that another planet had to exist. He published his results in 1846 and sent a prediction to Johann Galle at the Berlin Observatory. Galle and Heinrich d’Arrest found Neptune the same night they searched, on 23 September 1846. Le Verrier’s work is a landmark example of theoretical astronomy leading to a discovery.
Key Facts
1.Le Verrier published his prediction in 1846
2.Neptune was discovered on 23 September 1846
3.Galle and d’Arrest made the observation in Berlin
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