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Marvelous Achievements of Astronomy Century’s Wonder
The nineteenth century brought vast advances in astronomy through new instruments, photography and spectrography. Le Verrier Adams Herschel Gauss and others expanded mathematical astronomy, Neptune was predicted and found, planetary orbits refined, and stellar maps compiled. The electric telescope and accurate geodesy fixed longitudes, while photography transformed lunar and nebular studies and revealed planetary features, comets, and double stars, forecasting a bright future for American astronomy.
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Laplace and
Lagrange
Ike Gauss
Adams
le Verrier
Gylden
Hill
Newcomb
Uranus
William Herschel
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Arago
Bessel
Struve
le Verrier Adams
John Herschel
Europe
America
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Newton
Neptune
Herschel
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