What is a key validation of celestial mechanics?
Determining Earth's Age
Discovery Of Neptune
Predicting Weather
GPS Technology
Answer
The discovery of Neptune was a key validation of celestial mechanics because it was predicted to exist based on the motion of Uranus, which could not be explained by the laws of gravitation as they were understood at the time. Neptune was first observed in 1846 by Urbain Le Verrier, who used mathematical calculations to predict its position.
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