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Neptune
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1993 Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years)
1989 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps 1989 Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune 1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune 1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24 1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) 1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 1977 NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 1968 Mike Lee, born in Neptune, New Jersey, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Tommy Armour Tour 1949 Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) 1944 Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins 1944 Danny DeVito, born in Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Louie-Taxi, Twins 1935 Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9 1910 Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies 1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune 1892 John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1877 Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies 1847 Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1846 Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune 1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune 1812 Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune. 1811 Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer, Neptune 1799 William Lassell, discoverer, satellites of Uranus and Neptune 1613 Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees 1613 Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune |
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