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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| Subject | Urbain Le Verrier |
| Category | French astronomer and mathematician (1811–1877) |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
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