When was John Couch Adams born?
6 May 1829
5 June 1819
23 January 1852
1 September 1815
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John Couch Adams was born on June 5, 1819. He was an English mathematician and astronomer. Adams achieved his everlasting fame as the second person (independently from Urbain Le Verrier) to predict the existence of Neptune based upon irregularities in Uranus's orbit.
The Astronomical Achievements of John Couch Adams: A Quiz on the British Mathematician and Astronomer
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Where was John Couch Adams born?
John Couch Adams was known to use whose laws in his calculations to explain discrepancies with Uranus's orbit?
Which French mathematician did the same calculations to predict Neptune's existence as Adams, independently?
Which observatory confirmed the existence of the planet discovered by both Adams and Le Verrier?
On what date was the existence of Neptune confirmed?
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