KnowraUrbain Le VerrierLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to Urbain Le Verrier, each with the reason it gives.All 6Related 4Compared with 2NeptuneRelated: His calculations prompted the 1846 search that led to Neptune’s discovery.François AragoCompared with: Arago directed the Paris Observatory before a political dispute with Le Verrier shaped its leadership.Mercury's perihelion precessionRelated: His analysis of Mercury’s orbit established the nineteenth-century discrepancy that demanded explanation.Paris ObservatoryRelated: As observatory director, he made the institution central to the celebrated prediction and discovery of Neptune.Simon NewcombCompared with: Le Verrier’s planetary tables offered a European standard that Newcomb later helped replace.Johann Gottfried GalleRelated: Galle used Le Verrier’s prediction to guide the search at Berlin.