How Was Neptune Discovered

question 342

Multiple Choice

How was Neptune discovered?

• A) accidentally, by an astronomer taking photographs for an all-sky survey
• B) accidentally, by an astronomer studying the sky visually through a telescope
• C) by a careful application of Newton's laws to the somewhat irregular motions of Uranus
• D) by a careful search with the Hubble Space Telescope

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