Johann Gottfried Galle Quotes

Sir, The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the eighth magnitude, which was not recorded in the excellent map designed by Dr. Bremiker, containing the twenty-first hour of the collection published by the Royal Academy of Berlin. The observation of the succeeding day showed it to be the Planet of which we were in quest.

Johann Gottfried Galle

Stars, Science, Twenties

"The Cambridge Planetary Handbook". Book by Michael E. Bakich, 2000.

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Born: June 9, 1812
Died: July 10, 1910
Occupation: Astronomer
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