The Planet Neptune Information

Welcome to Planet Neptune
A website about the planet Neptune

Named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune is a gas giant which is visable to telescopic viewing. The existence of Neptune was mathmatically predicted by Urban Le Verrier in 1846 and was discovered on September 23, 1846 by James Challis with 1° of the position predicted by Le Verrier.

Today in Astronomy History
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January 27, 1908
Philibert Melotte discovers the Jovian (Jupiter) Moon, Pasiphae.

January 27, 1967
Crew of Apollo One were kill by a fire during a Training exercise. Killed were "Gus" Grissom, Edward White II, Roger Chaffee.

January 27, 1967
The Outer Space Treaty is signed and goes into effect October 10, 1967.