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Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (11 de marzo de 1811 – 23 de septiembre de 1877) fue un matemático francés que se especializó en mecánica celeste. Su logro más importante fue su colaboración en el descubrimiento de Neptuno usando solo matemáticas y los datos de las observaciones astronómicas previas.
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (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.
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.
Le Verrier discovered the planet Neptune by calculating its position and mass from the orbit of Uranus. He also studied the motion of Mercury and the perihelion advance, and was director of the Paris Observatory.
Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier (born March 11, 1811, Saint-Lô, Fr.—died Sept. 23, 1877, Paris) was a French astronomer who predicted by mathematical means the existence of the planet Neptune.
23 de sept. de 2011 · 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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