Johann Galle

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German person astronomer human

Johann Galle was a 19th-century German astronomer best known for making the first observational confirmation of the planet Neptune.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Johann Gottfried Galle	5
Johann Galle canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German person ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Lalande Prize ⓘ
birthName	Johann Galle self-link ⓘ surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle
burialPlace	Bornim cemetery, Potsdam ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Heinrich Louis d'Arrest ⓘ surface form: Heinrich Louis d’Arrest
commemoratedBy	Martian crater Galle ⓘ lunar crater Galle ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth	1812-06-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1910-07-10 ⓘ
discovered	Neptune ⓘ
discoveryDate	1846-09-23 ⓘ
discoveryMethod	telescopic observation ⓘ
educatedAt	Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin
employer	Berlin Observatory ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin University of Breslau ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
familyName	Galle ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ planetary astronomy ⓘ
givenName	Johann ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor	Johann Franz Encke ⓘ
hasRelative	Andreas Galle ⓘ
hasSignature	signature of Johann Gottfried Galle ⓘ
influencedBy	Urbain Le Verrier ⓘ
knownFor	discovery of Neptune ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
memberOf	Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableWork	first observational confirmation of Neptune ⓘ
observed	Neptune based on Le Verrier’s predictions ⓘ
occupation	astronomer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Radis ⓘ
placeOfDeath	German Empire ⓘ Potsdam ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Breslau Observatory ⓘ
residence	Berlin ⓘ Breslau ⓘ Potsdam ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workedOn	comet observations ⓘ planetary orbits ⓘ
workedUnder	Johann Franz Encke ⓘ

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

Neptune → discoveredBy → Johann Galle ⓘ

Lalande Prize → hasNotableRecipient → Johann Galle ⓘ

Galle ring → namedAfter → Johann Galle ⓘ