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It`s a ….. That the astronomers discovered the planet Neptune not by observing it but by applying mathematics - True Fact - Little-Known fact

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Neptune was discovered by John Couch Adams in 1846, when he observed that the orbit of the planet Uranus was disturbed and assumed that this must be due to another planet. So, to confirm his suspicions, Adams began a series of mathematical calculations that confirmed his suspicions and allowed Neptune to be discovered.

Neptune was only observed in 1989, by a space probe.

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