2011 Event Neptune completes its first orbit of the sun since the planet was discovered in 1846 1993 Event Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years) 1989 Event Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 Event After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps 1989 Event Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1989 Event 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 Event Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune 1989 Event Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune 1989 Event NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24 1979 Event Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) 1977 Event Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 1977 Event NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 1968 Birthday Mike Lee, born in Neptune, New Jersey, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Tommy Armour Tour 1949 Birthday Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1949 Event Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) 1944 Birthday Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins 1944 Birthday Danny DeVito, born in Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Louie-Taxi, Twins 1935 Birthday Russell Luis Schweickart, Neptune, New Jersey, astronaut, Apollo 9 1910 Death Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies 1905 Birthday Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune 1892 Death John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 1880 Death William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies 1877 Death Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies 1847 Event Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel 1846 Event Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1846 Event Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune 1819 Birthday John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune 1812 Birthday Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune. 1811 Birthday Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer, Neptune 1799 Birthday William Lassell, discoverer, satellites of Uranus and Neptune 1613 Event Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees 1613 Event Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
