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1812–1910, German astronomer. He is noted for his discovery of the planet Neptune, Sept. 23, 1846, by following the guidance of calculations by Leverrier. Galle was then a member of the staff of the Berlin Observatory and had discovered three comets. In 1851 he became professor of astronomy at Breslau and director of the observatory there. His particular field of research ...

... went to a Frenchman, Leverrier. In 1858, Adams became professor of mathematics at St. Andrews Univ., but he soon returned to Cambridge, to occupy the Lowndean chair of astronomy and geometry until his death. From 1861 he was also director of the university observatory, preferring this post to that of astronomer royal, which was offered to him in 1881. He made ...

... result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.(n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its ...

Born Mar. 11, 1811, in Saint-Lô; died Sept. 23, 1877, in Paris. French astronomer. Member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1846).Leverrier graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in 1833. In 1846 he was appointed to the chair of celestial mechanics at the University of Paris. In 1854 he was named director of the Paris Observatory. His works were ...

Born Mar. 11, 1811, in Saint-Lô; died Sept. 23, 1877, in Paris. French astronomer. Member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1846).Leverrier graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in 1833. In 1846 he was appointed to the chair of celestial mechanics at the University of Paris. In 1854 he was named director of the Paris Observatory. His works were ...