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Urbain Le Verrier, a French astronomer, was born Mar. 11, 1811. His fame today rests primarily on his successful prediction of the location on an eighth solar planet, now called Neptune. The seventh planet, Uranus, had been discovered telescopically in 1781 by William Herschel.
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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.
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Urban Le Verrier, a French mathematician found himself shifting his interest from chemistry to the study of astronomy, particularly the science of celestial mechanics. He was born at Saint-lô, Manche, France and received his degree at Ecole Polytechnique, which is today recognized as a state-run institution of higher education and research.
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Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier FRS (FOR) H FRSE ( 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.
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In 1840, François Arago, the director of the Paris Observatory, suggested to mathematician Urbain Le Verrier that he work on the topic of Mercury 's orbit around the Sun. The goal of this study was to construct a model based on Sir Isaac Newton 's laws of motion and gravitation.
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Urbain Jean-Joseph Le Verrier (Fig. 5.2) was born on 11 March 1811 in Saint-Lô (Manche).His father, Louis-Baptiste Le Verrier (1780-1846), was an estates manager, born in Carentan Footnote 2.His mother, Marie‐Jeanne‐Joséphine‐Pauline, néé de Baudre Le Verrier, (1785-?) was born in Baudre.
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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.
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Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph ( b. SaintLô, France, 11 March 1811; d. Paris France, 23 September 1877), astronomy, celestial mechanics, meteorology. Le Verrier, whose family came from Normandy, attended secondary school in his native city and then in Caen.
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11 March 1811 Saint-Lô, France Died 23 September 1877 Paris, France Summary Urbain Le Verrier is best known for the calculations which led to the discovery of Neptune. View seven larger pictures Biography
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Urban Le Verrier is one of 72 scientists whose name is on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. He is the 4th on the west facing side. Urban-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier, astronomer, was born in Saint-Lô (Manche), on March 11, 1811. He died in Paris on September 23, 1877, the anniversary of the greatest event of his life.
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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. Terms France Saint-Lô Paris reference "Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015.
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Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier FRS (FOR) H FRSE ( 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.
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Urbain Le Verrier. Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (March 11, 1811 to September 23, 1877) Le Verrier was a French astronomer whose theoretical prediction of the existence and position of the planet Neptune led to its discovery. The orbit of the planet Uranus was seen to deviate from the predictions based on Newtonian mechanics and gravity.
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Enter Vulcan—the so-called "other" planet—first observed in 1859; confirmed by the greatest astronomer of the day, Urbain Le Verrier; and hailed by The New York Times as one of the great.
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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. His father, Louis-Baptiste Le Verrier, a civil servant, and mother, Pauline de Baudre, came from the lower Norman aristocracy.