Article: Searching the skies for a planet's subtle tug.(Features)(Ideas)

Article: Le Verrier, Urbain Jean Joseph
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography;      700+ words ... ... Verrier. First called Le Verrier ’ s planet ... English astronomer J. C. Adams had independently carried ... essentially equivalent to Le Verrier ’ s, although ... observation. While Le Verrier, Airy, and Adams were establishing friendly ...

Dictionary definition: Le Verrier Ring
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      242 words ...Le Verrier Ring One of the rings of Neptune, second in order from the planet, 53 200 km from the centre and 15 km wide. It is named after U. J. J. Le Verrier .

Dictionary definition: Le Verrier, UrbainJeanJoseph
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      337 words ...Le Verrier, UrbainJeanJoseph(or Joseph Leverrier ) (1811–77)Frenchcelestial ... position to J. G. Galle who located Neptune in 1846November. In 1859 Le Verrier suggested that a small planet or belt of asteroids within Mercury's ...

U. (Urbain) Le Verrier, 1849-1907.
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     261 words ...

Dictionary definition: Adams, JohnCouch
A Dictionary of Astronomy;      326 words ... ... result of independent calculations by U. J. J. Le Verrier . Adams and Le Verrier were eventually both credited with predicting ... is now clear that the credit belongs mainly to Le Verrier. Adams' later work included calculation of the Moon ...

Article: How incest and infanticide cast a shadow over Neptune
The Sunday Herald;  October 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... different method to Adams, he came up with ... position for Neptune. Le Verrier gave his findings ... so. Sadly for Adams, had he sent his ... calculations to Galle as Le Verrier later did, they ... interesting thing about Adams and Le Verrier is that they sat ...

Article: NIGHT SKY FOR SEPTEMBER: Fading summer days herald bright nights ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... instead. Thus, Adams and our national ... to the punch by Le Verrier and the French ... August 4, he and Adams would have pipped Le Verrier and Galle to the post. At first, Le Verrier was given sole ... or so later, Adams was awarded joint ...