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Introduction
• Our Physics Genius: John Couch Adams
• The disputed discoverer of the planet Neptune
• Credited for finding the planet mathematically
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Late one night in his office
• The Couch after research about perturbations of Uranus
• Broke out his “large Northumberland Refractor... with a magnifying power [on] 170”
• Took on the skies as they stood in the sky
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In Response
• Compared star maps with Bessel’s Zone and other journals concerning longitudes of stars
• He was on to something
• The blue mass caught his attention
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Using His Knowledge...
• Started tracking Neptune
• Not informed of current research of Neptune
• Reasoned with star locations and began following Neptune often
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Sharing with the World
• Comparing notes with other professors,
• More information grew from the discovery
• Became aware of other Neptune research
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Couch’s Data Tracking Skills
• Relayed to him by Professor Challis
• Contained:
• Heliocentric Elements
• Longitude, Distance from the sun
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