Who discovered the planet Neptune in 1846?

mochyn

John Adams http://www.u-net.com/ph/lassell/adams-airy.htm Sep 23 03, 12:45 AM

TabbyTom

The first persons to observe Neptune were Johann Gottfried Galle and his assistant Heinrich Louis D'Arrest. Adams and Le Verrier had already calculated that it was there, but they hadn't actually seen it. Sep 23 03, 3:53 AM

intergalactic9

It was discovered on September 23, 1986 and was discovered by John Crouch Adams and co-discovered by Urbain Le Verrier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune Jun 02 08, 12:56 PM

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