When did Adams win the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society?
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The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society was awarded to John Couch Adams in 1866 for his theoretical work on the irregularities in the motion of Uranus, which led to the discovery of the eighth planet, Neptune. Adams' mathematical calculations predicted the existence and position of Neptune, which was subsequently observed by Johann Gottfried Galle in 1846.
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