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What are the laws of which scientists Le Verrier used in his calculations?

  • Kepler and Newton

  • Einstein and Hawking

  • Galileo and Copernicus

  • Tesla and Edison

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Le Verrier used the laws of Kepler and Newton in his calculations to determine the position of the planet Neptune. Kepler's laws describe the motion of planets around the sun, and Newton's laws of motion and gravity describe the motion of objects in general. Le Verrier used these laws to calculate the orbit of Neptune, and his calculations were accurate enough to allow astronomers to observe the planet in 1846.
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