Urbain Le Verrier
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Urbain Le Verrier was a 19th-century French mathematician and astronomer renowned for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using celestial mechanics before it was directly observed.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Urbain Le Verrier canonical | 16 |
| Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier | 2 |
| Le Verrier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Urbain Le Verrier Context triple: [Neptune, discoveredBy, Urbain Le Verrier]
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A.
John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams was a 19th-century English mathematician and astronomer best known for his role in the prediction of the planet Neptune.
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B.
Anton von Zach
Anton von Zach was an Austrian general and staff officer best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the Italian campaigns.
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C.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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D.
Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.
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E.
Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas was an 18th-century German naturalist and explorer renowned for his extensive zoological and botanical research in the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Urbain Le Verrier Target entity description: Urbain Le Verrier was a 19th-century French mathematician and astronomer renowned for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using celestial mechanics before it was directly observed.
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A.
John Couch Adams
John Couch Adams was a 19th-century English mathematician and astronomer best known for his role in the prediction of the planet Neptune.
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B.
Anton von Zach
Anton von Zach was an Austrian general and staff officer best known for his role in the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the Italian campaigns.
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C.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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D.
Giuseppe Piazzi
Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician best known for discovering the dwarf planet Ceres in 1801.
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E.
Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas was an 18th-century German naturalist and explorer renowned for his extensive zoological and botanical research in the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French scientist
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Lalande Prize ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Montparnasse Cemetery
|
| collaboratedWith |
Johann Gottfried Galle
ⓘ
linked to:
Johann Galle
|
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1811-03-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1877-09-23 ⓘ |
| discovered |
Neptune (by prediction of its position)
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linked to:
Neptune
|
| educatedAt | École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| employer |
Observatoire de Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris Observatory
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Le Verrier
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linked to:
Urbain Le Verrier
|
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier
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linked to:
Urbain Le Verrier
|
| givenName | Urbain ⓘ |
| hasAsteroidNamedAfter | 1997 Leverrier ⓘ |
| hasCraterNamedAfter |
Le Verrier (Martian crater)
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Le Verrier (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of celestial mechanics
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subsequent studies of planetary perturbations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
calculation of the position of Neptune
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prediction of the existence of Neptune ⓘ studies of perturbations in the orbit of Uranus ⓘ work on planetary orbits ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Academy of Sciences
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linked to:
Académie des Sciences
Royal Society ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | used Newtonian mechanics to predict a new planet ⓘ |
| notableWork |
calculations leading to the discovery of Neptune
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theory of planetary motion ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Saint-Lô, France
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linked to:
Saint-Lô
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| placeOfDeath |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
|
| positionHeld | director of the Paris Observatory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical studies in history of astronomy ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
celestial mechanics
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perturbation theory ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
|
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Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Urbain Le Verrier
linked to: Urbain Le Verrier
subject linked to:
Johann Galle
linked to: Urbain Le Verrier