Urbain Le Verrier

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French scientist astronomer human mathematician

Urbain Le Verrier was a 19th-century French mathematician and astronomer renowned for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using celestial mechanics before it was directly observed.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Urbain Le Verrier canonical	7
Le Verrier	1
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French scientist ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Lalande Prize ⓘ
burialPlace	Montparnasse Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
collaboratedWith	Johann Galle ⓘ surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1811-03-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1877-09-23 ⓘ
discovered	Neptune ⓘ surface form: Neptune (by prediction of its position)
educatedAt	École Polytechnique ⓘ
employer	Paris Observatory ⓘ surface form: Observatoire de Paris
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	Urbain Le Verrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Le Verrier
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ celestial mechanics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
fullName	Urbain Le Verrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier
givenName	Urbain ⓘ
hasAsteroidNamedAfter	1997 Leverrier ⓘ
hasCraterNamedAfter	Le Verrier (Martian crater) ⓘ Le Verrier (lunar crater) ⓘ
influenced	development of celestial mechanics ⓘ subsequent studies of planetary perturbations ⓘ
knownFor	calculation of the position of Neptune ⓘ prediction of the existence of Neptune ⓘ studies of perturbations in the orbit of Uranus ⓘ work on planetary orbits ⓘ
memberOf	Académie des Sciences ⓘ surface form: French Academy of Sciences Royal Society ⓘ
nationality	French ⓘ
nativeLanguage	French ⓘ
notableAchievement	used Newtonian mechanics to predict a new planet ⓘ
notableWork	calculations leading to the discovery of Neptune ⓘ theory of planetary motion ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Saint-Lô ⓘ surface form: Saint-Lô, France
placeOfDeath	Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld	director of the Paris Observatory ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
subjectOf	biographical studies in history of astronomy ⓘ
usedMethod	celestial mechanics ⓘ perturbation theory ⓘ
workLocation	Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, France

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neptune → discoveredBy → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ

Simon Newcomb → influencedBy → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ

Arago → notableStudentOrProtégé → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ

Arago → influenced → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ

Lalande Prize → hasNotableRecipient → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ

Urbain Le Verrier → fullName → Urbain Le Verrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier

Urbain Le Verrier → familyName → Urbain Le Verrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Le Verrier

Johann Galle → influencedBy → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ

subject surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle

Paris Observatory → notableAstronomer → Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ