On this day in 1846 - September 23rd - Johann Galle discovered Neptune.

Galle had received calculations from Urbain LeVerrier which showed where there might be a new planet, and Galle found the planet that very night. Eventually, it was named Neptune, after the Roman sea god.


Mona Evans
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