- 1846 in science
The year 1846 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy
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June 1 -Urbain Le Verrier predicts the existence and location of Neptune from irregularities in the orbit of Uranus
*August 8 - Neptune observed but not recognised byJames Challis
*August 31 - Urbain Le Verrier publishes full details of the predicted orbit and the mass of the new planet
*September 23 -Johann Galle discovers Neptune
*October 10 -William Lassell discovers Triton, Neptune's moonAwards
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Copley Medal : Urbain Le Verrier
*Wollaston Medal :William Lonsdale Births
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December 12 -Eugen Baumann (d. 1896),chemist .Deaths
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March 17 -Friedrich Bessel (b. 1784),mathematician .
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