What Did Le Verrier and Adams Do Differently Than Herschel

question 68

Multiple Choice

What did Le Verrier and Adams do differently than Herschel when they discovered Neptune?

• A) found the planet by scanning thousands of photographic plates
• B) found the planet by accident by simply searching the sky
• C) applied the basic laws of physics to discover Neptune's position
• D) applied a newly modified telescope to find the position of Neptune
• E) witnessed the parallax of Neptune and calculated its position

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