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    Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (French: [yʁbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf lə vɛʁje]; 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877) was a French astronomer and mathematician who specialized...
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  • Le Verrier may refer to: Urbain Le Verrier (1811–1877), a French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics Max Le Verrier (1891–1973), French...
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    Urbain Le Verrier. To the west is the slightly larger crater Helicon, and farther to the west-northwest lies the mountain-ringed bay Sinus Iridum. Le...
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    Neptune (redirect from Le Verrier's planet)
    predicted from his observations, independently, by John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier. Neptune was subsequently directly observed with a telescope on 23 September...
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    square matrix, A, named after Dmitry Konstantinovich Faddeev and Urbain Le Verrier. Calculation of this polynomial yields the eigenvalues of A as its...
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    existence was bolstered by the support of the French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier, who had predicted the existence of Neptune using disturbances in...
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    mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming the existence of a major planet...
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    person to view the planet Neptune and know what he was looking at. Urbain Le Verrier had predicted the existence and position of Neptune, and sent the...
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    many felt an award should jointly be made to John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier. A controversy arose and no award was made in 1847. The controversy...
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  • French lay brother Urbain Le Verrier (1811–1877), French mathematician Urbain Lippé (1831–1896), Canadian notary and politician Urbain Mbenga, Guinean and...
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  • Verrier is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Sarah Verrier (born 2002), Australian rules footballer Urbain Le Verrier...
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    November 1827 in Vorges – 4 July 1918) was a French astronomer. In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory. In 1867...
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    painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier turned to astronomy. His discovery of the asteroid Lutetia in 1852...
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    but unknown to each other, the same calculations were made by Urbain Le Verrier. Le Verrier would send his coordinates to Berlin Observatory astronomer...
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    estimated from 40% to 70%. The next ring is named the Le Verrier ring after Urbain Le Verrier, who predicted Neptune's position in 1846. With an orbital...
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  • February 20 – Francesco de Vico discovers comet 122P/de Vico. June 1 – Urbain Le Verrier predicts the existence and location of Neptune from irregularities...
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    Paris in 1854 and worked at the Paris Observatory. There he assisted Urbain Le Verrier in creating a telegraphic meteorological network. He went to Brazil...
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    director of the observatory Karl L. Littrow was a correspondent of Urbain Le Verrier, director of the Paris Observatory and he secured a position there...
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    asteroid discovery. A controversy arose over the naming of Elpis. Urbain Le Verrier, director of the Paris Observatory, at first refused to allow Chacornac...
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    by Annibale de Gasparis on November 2, 1850. Egeria was named by Urbain Le Verrier, whose computations led to the discovery of Neptune, after the mythological...
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    Marseille Observatory from 1864 to 1907 (until 1872 he was subordinate to Urbain le Verrier). In the early part of his career there, he had limited opportunities...
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    Brooklyn, Indiana, United States, and named after French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier. The asteroid has a rotation period of 6.8 hours and measures approximately...
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    Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855, and named by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta (of which Atalante is...
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  • archaeologist Philippe Léotard (1940–2001), teacher, actor, poet, singer Urbain Le Verrier (1811–1877), astronomer and mathematician André Lhote (1885–1962)...
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    "Saint-Lô". Normandie Héritage (in French). "Urbain Le Verrier est-il célèbre à Saint-Lô ?" [Urbain Le Verrier, is he celebrated in Saint-Lô?]. Ouest-France...
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    astrophysique". www.obspm.fr. Retrieved 2020-05-09. Lequeux, James (2013-03-15). Le Verrier—Magnificent and Detestable Astronomer. Springer Science & Business Media...
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  • very high accuracy. The discovery of the planet Neptune in 1848 by Urbain Le Verrier, based on the deviations in motion of the planet Uranus. He sent the...
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  • [July–December 1849], pp. 90–92). At the behest of the Paris Observatory under Urbain Le Verrier, Marie Alfred Cornu repeated Fizeau's 1848 toothed wheel measurement...
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  • Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence. 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery...
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    Relativity". arXiv:gr-qc/9712019. Le Verrier, Urbain (1859). "Lettre de M. Le Verrier à M. Faye sur la théorie de Mercure et sur le mouvement du périhélie de...
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