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    Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with...
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    Argyre quadrangle. It is named after the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. Galle is often known as the "happy face crater" because pareidolia...
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    subsequently directly observed with a telescope on 23 September 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle within a degree of the position predicted by Le Verrier. Its largest...
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    September 23–24, 1846, at the Berlin Observatory, by astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (assisted by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest), working from Le Verrier's...
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    Newton. Le Verrier sent the coordinates to Johann Gottfried Galle in Berlin, asking him to verify. Galle found Neptune the same night he received Le...
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    Rings of Neptune (redirect from Galle ring)
    of Uranus. The innermost ring of Neptune is called the Galle ring after Johann Gottfried Galle, the first person to see Neptune through a telescope (1846)...
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    Discovery Urbain Le Verrier Johann Gottfried Galle John Couch Adams Heinrich Louis d'Arrest William Lassell General Kuiper belt Neptune-crossing minor...
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  • people Émile Gallé, French artist Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer Philip Galle, Dutch publisher Pierre Galle, French basketball player This page...
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  • House"), located in a wooded area about 2 km west of Radis, was where Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910) was born. With his startling discovery of the planet...
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    days after the discovery of Neptune itself by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, using his self-built instrument. In 1848, he independently co-discovered...
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    independent research into Uranus's orbit. On 23 September 1846, Johann Gottfried Galle located a new planet, later named Neptune, at nearly the position...
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    Verrier would send his coordinates to Berlin Observatory astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle, who confirmed the existence of the planet on 23 September 1846...
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    his observations of Saturn's rings. Johann Gottfried Galle discovered Saturn's C-ring in 1838. Johann Gottfried Galle and his assistant Heinrich Louis d'Arrest...
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  •  1820) Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835) July 10 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (b. 1812) July 12 – Charles Rolls, British aviator...
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    international project with Johann Franz Encke as executive editor. One unpublished new chart enabled Johann Gottfried Galle to find Neptune near the position...
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    calculations to German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. On 23 September 1846, the night following his receipt of the letter, Galle and his student Heinrich d'Arrest...
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  • (United States, 1947) Gautama Siddha (China, fl. 8th century AD) Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812–1910) George Gamow (Russia, United States, 1904–1968)...
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    Boguslawsky 1836: Wilhelm Beer, Johann Heinrich von Mädler 1837: Henri Guinand 1838: S. M. B. Brousseaud 1839: Johann Gottfried Galle 1840: Carl Bremiker 1841:...
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  • Independence. 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune. 1868 – The Grito de Lares...
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    In 1846, Le Verrier sent his position to Johann Gottfried Galle, asking him to verify it. The same night, Galle spotted Neptune near the position Le Verrier...
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  • thermodynamics), also 1847 – Helmholtz, Conservation of energy. 1846: Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest: discovery of Neptune. 1847: George...
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  • – Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849) 1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (d. 1910) 1836 – Elizabeth Garrett...
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    in Leipzig), philologist. Johann Hinrich Wichern (* 1808 in Hamburg; † 1881 in Hamburg), theologian Johann Gottfried Galle (* 1812 in Pabsthaus; † 1910...
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  • Franck Vasco da Gama Yuri Gagarin Claudius Galen Galileo Galilei Johann Gottfried Galle Évariste Galois Luigi Galvani Irvine Clifton Gardner Annibale de...
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    Discovery Urbain Le Verrier Johann Gottfried Galle John Couch Adams Heinrich Louis d'Arrest William Lassell General Kuiper belt Neptune-crossing minor...
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    – Edward Lear, English artist, nonsense poet (d. 1888) June 9 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910) June 13 – Gustavus H. Scott, American...
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  • discovered by William Herschel in 1781 Neptune, discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle in 1846 (based on prediction by Urbain Le Verrier) These were given...
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    discovery for Britain. Ultimately, a rival search in Berlin by Johann Gottfried Galle, instigated by Le Verrier, won the race for priority. Though Airy...
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    Johann Franz Encke (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈfʁants ˈɛŋkə]; 23 September 1791 – 26 August 1865) was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he...
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    still a student at the University of Berlin, d'Arrest was party to Johann Gottfried Galle's search for Neptune. On 23 September 1846, he suggested that a recently...
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