Urbain Le Verrier
French astronomer
- Lived
- 1811–1877
- Country
- France
Updated September 2026
About Urbain Le Verrier
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier 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.
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