The Discovery of Neptune: Why It Mattered in 1846 and Why It Still Matters

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Jan 2011

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #99.01

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The discovery of Neptune is one of the most well-known events in the history of nineteenth century astronomy as well as one of the most analyzed. Given the ferocious battle for priority that the optical discovery provoked, it is not surprising that much of the literature on the discovery has focused narrowly on issues around the appropriate amount of credit to be handed out to the main protagonists for the theoretical and optical discoveries of the planet. In this paper I will instead seek to put the discovery of Neptune and the events surrounding it into the broad context of mid-nineteenth century science to explain why it was seen to matter so much at the time and why it still matters today.

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