Planet Neptune

Welcome to Planet Neptune
A website about the planet Neptune

Named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune is a gas giant which is visable to telescopic viewing. The existence of Neptune was mathmatically predicted by Urban Le Verrier in 1846 and was discovered on September 23, 1846 by James Challis with 1° of the position predicted by Le Verrier.

Today in Astronomy History
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June 19, 240 BCE
Eratosthenes calculates the circumference of Earth using two sticks.

June 19, 1794
Around 7pm more than 200 meteorites fall near Siena, Tuscany, Italy.