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Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (French: [yʁbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒɔzɛf lə vɛʁje]; 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877) was a French astronomer and mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics.
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier (born March 11, 1811, Saint-Lô, Fr.—died Sept. 23, 1877, Paris) was a French astronomer who predicted by mathematical means the existence of the planet Neptune. Appointed a teacher of astronomy at the École Polytechnique (“Polytechnic School”), Paris, in 1837, Le Verrier first undertook an extensive study ...
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier was born in 1811 at Saint-Lô, France. At the age of 26, he was appointed a teacher of astronomy at the Ecole Polytechnic Paris. Immediately after his appointment he began an intensive study of the motion of Mercury. He compiled extensive tables detailing the planet's motion, including its unusual characteristic of ...
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier ( French: [ yʁbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒɔzɛf lə vɛʁje]; 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877) was a French astronomer and mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics.
Sep 23, 2011 · Urbain Le Verrier is best known for the calculations which led to the discovery of Neptune.
Sep 22, 2021 · Left: Portrait of astronomer Urbain Le Verrier, who calculated the predicted position of Neptune. Middle: Portrait of astronomer John Couch Adams, who independently calculated the position of Neptune. Right: 1890 portrait of astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, the first to identify Neptune as the eighth planet.
Dec 24, 2016 · Verrier, Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le. Born Saint-Lô, Manche, France, 11 March 1811. Died Paris, France, 23 September 1877. Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier explained the unruly behavior of Uranus by positing the existence of an unknown planet, which was subsequently discovered and named Neptune.
Quick Reference. (1811–1877) French astronomer. Born the son of a local government official in St. Lô, northern France, Le Verrier was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique and worked afterward on chemical problems with Joseph Gay-Lussac. He became a lecturer in astronomy at the Ecole Polytechnique in 1836 and succeeded Dominique Arago as ...
1811 - 1877. Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier, (born March 11, 1811, Saint-Lô, Fr.—died Sept. 23, 1877, Paris), French astronomer who predicted by mathematical means the existence of the planet Neptune.
May 22, 2021 · Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier: Predictions Leading to Discovery. In: Sheehan, W., Bell, T.E., Kennett, C., Smith, R. (eds) Neptune: From Grand Discovery to a World Revealed. Historical & Cultural Astronomy.
