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Originally Posted by azazul
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Originally Posted by Laguna2
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Correct. It was discovered by J.G. Galle. |
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I didn't know if it was Uranus or Neptune, but Galileo did observe one of them, even commenting in his notes that it seemed to have moved, but never recognized it as a planet
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jfribrg is correct. Neptune was first observed by Galileo on 28th December 1612. He was observing Jupiter and saw a 'star' nearby that he noticed had changed position over the following nights. He made a note in his book to follow up on the 'star', but never did (he was already in much strife with the church, imagine what would have happened if he claimed there was
another planet, not able to be seen by the naked eye?). So Galileo was the first to
observe Neptune, although he didn't know exactly
what it was.
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By the way, the furthest planet Galileo knew about was Jupiter.
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I don't see why Galileo wouldn't have known about Saturn, after all he was the first to see "ears" around the planet. :P
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