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Neptune's ring system.
- Source :
- Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2023. 3p.
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- After Uranus’s discovery, scientists noticed that it did not behave as expected. They concluded that the gravitational effects of a yet unknown planet caused discrepancies noted in Uranus’s orbit. In the early 1840s, British astronomer John Adams and French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier independently calculated the unknown planet’s orbit and mass. In 1846, German astronomer Johann Galle discovered Neptune within one or two degrees of its predicted location.
- Subjects :
- Voyager Project
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Rings of Neptune
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- Database :
- Research Starters
- Journal :
- Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science
- Publication Type :
- Reference
- Accession number :
- 88314274