Planet Neptune Information

Today in Astronomy History
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March 12, 1835
Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician, Simon Newcomb, is born. Newcomb prepared ephemeredes (tables of computed places of celestial bodies over a period of time) and tables of astronomical constants.

Welcome to Planet Neptune
A website about the planet Neptune

Named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune is a gas giant which is visable to telescopic viewing. The existence of Neptune was mathmatically predicted by Urban Le Verrier in 1846 and was discovered on September 23, 1846 by James Challis with 1° of the position predicted by Le Verrier.