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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="يوهان غوتفريد غال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="يوهان غوتفريد غال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87" title="یوهان قوتفرید قاله – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="یوهان قوتفرید قاله" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Іаган Готфрыд Гале – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Іаган Готфрыд Гале" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%81%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Ёган Гале – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ёган Гале" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Йохан Готфрид Гал – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Йохан Готфрид Гал" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%84%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B5" title="Γιόχαν Γκότφριντ Γκάλε – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γιόχαν Γκότφριντ Γκάλε" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87" title="یوهان گوتفرید گاله – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یوهان گوتفرید گاله" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94%ED%95%9C_%EA%B3%A0%ED%8A%B8%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%ED%8A%B8_%EA%B0%88%EB%A0%88" title="요한 고트프리트 갈레 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="요한 고트프리트 갈레" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%A5" title="Յոհան Գալլե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Յոհան Գալլե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%94" title="יוהאן גלה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוהאן גלה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%93_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94" title="იოჰან გოტფრიდ გალე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იოჰან გოტფრიდ გალე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Godefridus_Galle" title="Ioannes Godefridus Galle – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ioannes Godefridus Galle" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johans_Gotfr%C4%ABds_Galle" title="Johans Gotfrīds Galle – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Johans Gotfrīds Galle" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Јохан Готфрид Гале – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јохан Готфрид Гале" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%93_%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94" title="იოჰან გოტფრიდ გალე – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="იოჰან გოტფრიდ გალე" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="ヨハン・ゴットフリート・ガレ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Galle" title="Johann Gottfried Galle – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Johann Gottfried Galle" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/File:JohannGalle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/JohannGalle.jpg/220px-JohannGalle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/JohannGalle.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="371" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1812-06-09</span>)</span>9 June 1812<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Radis" title="Radis">Radis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">10 July 1910<span style="display:none">(1910-07-10)</span> (aged 98)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_University_of_Berlin" title="Humboldt University of Berlin">University of Berlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune" title="Discovery of Neptune">Discovery of Neptune</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lalande_Prize" title="Lalande Prize">Lalande Prize</a> (1839)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Scientific career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fields</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">Astronomy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Berlin_Observatory" title="Berlin Observatory">Berlin Observatory</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wroc%C5%82aw" title="University of Wrocław">University of Breslau</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Johann_Gottfried_Galle_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Johann_Gottfried_Galle_Signature.svg/150px-Johann_Gottfried_Galle_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Johann_Gottfried_Galle_Signature.svg/225px-Johann_Gottfried_Galle_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gedenktafel_Kirchplatz_%28Wittenberg%29_Johann_Gottfried_Galle.jpg/200px-Gedenktafel_Kirchplatz_%28Wittenberg%29_Johann_Gottfried_Galle.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gedenktafel_Kirchplatz_%28Wittenberg%29_Johann_Gottfried_Galle.jpg/300px-Gedenktafel_Kirchplatz_%28Wittenberg%29_Johann_Gottfried_Galle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gedenktafel_Kirchplatz_%28Wittenberg%29_Johann_Gottfried_Galle.jpg/400px-Gedenktafel_Kirchplatz_%28Wittenberg%29_Johann_Gottfried_Galle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1421" /></a><figcaption>Memorial plaque in <a href="/wiki/Wittenberg" title="Wittenberg">Wittenberg</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Johann Gottfried Galle</b> (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomer</a> from Radis, Germany, at the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Observatory" title="Berlin Observatory">Berlin Observatory</a> who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Louis_d%27Arrest" title="Heinrich Louis d'Arrest">Heinrich Louis d'Arrest</a>, was the <a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune" title="Discovery of Neptune">first person to view the planet Neptune</a> and know what he was looking at. <a href="/wiki/Urbain_Le_Verrier" title="Urbain Le Verrier">Urbain Le Verrier</a> had predicted the existence and position of Neptune, and sent the coordinates to Galle, asking him to verify.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Galle found Neptune in the same night he received Le Verrier's letter, within 1° of the predicted position. The discovery of Neptune is widely regarded as a dramatic validation of <a href="/wiki/Celestial_mechanics" title="Celestial mechanics">celestial mechanics</a>, and is one of the most remarkable moments of 19th-century science. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Galle was born in the <a href="/wiki/Radis#Pabsthaus" title="Radis">Papsthaus</a> (a house in the Pabst wood) 2 km west of <a href="/wiki/Radis" title="Radis">Radis</a> in the vicinity of the town of <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A4fenhainichen" title="Gräfenhainichen">Gräfenhainichen</a>, as the first son of Marie Henriette <i>née Pannier</i> (1790–1839) and Johann Gottfried Galle (1790–1853),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an operator of a tar oven. He attended the Gymnasium in <a href="/wiki/Wittenberg" title="Wittenberg">Wittenberg</a> and studied at [[Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin|Friedrich-Wilhelms-Unive </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Berlin_Observatory">Berlin Observatory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Berlin Observatory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He had started to work as an assistant to <a href="/wiki/Johann_Franz_Encke" title="Johann Franz Encke">Johann Franz Encke</a> in 1835 immediately following the completion of the new Berlin Observatory. Galle worked there for the next 16 years, making use especially of a <a href="/wiki/Joseph_von_Fraunhofer" title="Joseph von Fraunhofer">Fraunhofer</a>-<a href="/wiki/Refractor" class="mw-redirect" title="Refractor">refractor</a> with 9 <a href="/wiki/Inch" title="Inch">Zoll</a> (~22.5 cm) <a href="/wiki/Aperture" title="Aperture">aperture</a>. In 1838 he discovered an inner, dark ring of <a href="/wiki/Saturn_(Planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturn (Planet)">Saturn</a>. From 2 December 1839 to 6 March 1840 he discovered three new <a href="/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comets</a>. </p><p>In 1845 Galle was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Dr._phil." class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. phil.">Dr. phil.</a> His <a href="/wiki/Doctoral_thesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctoral thesis">doctoral thesis</a> was a reduction and critical discussion of <a href="/wiki/Ole_R%C3%B8mer" title="Ole Rømer">Ole Rømer</a>'s observation of <a href="/wiki/Meridian_(astronomy)" title="Meridian (astronomy)">meridian</a> transits of <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Planet" title="Planet">planets</a> on the days from 20 October to 23 October 1706. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery_of_Neptune">Discovery of Neptune</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Discovery of Neptune"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune" title="Discovery of Neptune">Discovery of Neptune</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg/170px-Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg/255px-Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg/340px-Deutsches_Museum_M%C3%BCnchen_-_15803973590.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="1646" /></a><figcaption>The 9" refractor telescope which Galle used to discover Neptune</figcaption></figure> <p>Around the same time in 1845 he sent a copy of his thesis to <a href="/wiki/Urbain_Le_Verrier" title="Urbain Le Verrier">Urbain Le Verrier</a>, but only received an answer a year later. Sent on 18 September 1846, it reached Galle on the morning of 23 September. Le Verrier had been investigating the <a href="/wiki/Perturbation_(astronomy)" title="Perturbation (astronomy)">perturbations of the orbit</a> of the planet <a href="/wiki/Uranus" title="Uranus">Uranus</a> and from this he derived the position of a still undiscovered planet, and requested Galle to search in the corresponding section of sky. The very same night (after Encke gave permission to search, against his own judgement), in collaboration with his assistant <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Louis_d%27Arrest" title="Heinrich Louis d'Arrest">Heinrich Louis d'Arrest</a>, Galle discovered a star of 8th <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">magnitude</a>, only 1° away from the calculated position, which was not recorded in the <i>Berliner Akademischen Sternkarte</i>. Over the next two evenings, a <a href="/wiki/Proper_motion" title="Proper motion">proper motion</a> of the celestial object of 4 <a href="/wiki/Minute_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute of arc">seconds of arc</a> was measured, which determined it absolutely as a planet, for which Le Verrier proposed the name <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>. Galle always refused to be acknowledged as the discoverer of Neptune; he attributed the discovery to Le Verrier. </p><p>In 1847 Galle was designated as the successor to <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Bessel" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel">Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel</a> as Director of <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg_Observatory" class="mw-redirect" title="Königsberg Observatory">Königsberg Observatory</a>. Before the enacted nomination from <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Friedrich Wilhelm IV</a> effected <i>de facto</i>, Galle withdrew his application at the beginning of 1848 due to an intrigue against him led by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Gustav_Jacob_Jacobi" title="Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi">Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Breslau_Observatory">Breslau Observatory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Breslau Observatory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1851 he moved to <a href="/wiki/Breslau" class="mw-redirect" title="Breslau">Breslau</a> (today <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Wrocław</a>) to become the director of the local observatory, and in 1856 he became Professor of Astronomy at the <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A4t_Breslau" class="mw-redirect" title="Universität Breslau">Schlesischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Breslau</a>. He worked in Breslau for over 45 years. For the academic year 1875/76 he was elected <a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">Rector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Breslau he dealt with the exact determination of planetary <a href="/wiki/Orbits" class="mw-redirect" title="Orbits">orbits</a> and developed methods for calculating the height of the <a href="/wiki/Aurorae" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurorae">aurorae</a> and the path of <a href="/wiki/Meteor" class="mw-redirect" title="Meteor">meteors</a>, and consolidated the data for all 414 comets discovered up to 1894 into one work (with the help of his son). Otherwise he concerned himself with the <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_magnetic_field" title="Earth's magnetic field">Earth's magnetic field</a> and <a href="/wiki/Climatology" title="Climatology">climatology</a>. Altogether he published over 200 works. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1897 Galle returned to <a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a>, where he died in 1910 at the age of 98. He was survived by his wife and two sons, Andreas Galle and Georg Galle (1860–1946). </p><p>The town of <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A4fenhainichen" title="Gräfenhainichen">Gräfenhainichen</a>, which is close to his birthplace, erected a memorial to him in 1977. </p><p>Two <a href="/wiki/Impact_crater" title="Impact crater">craters</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Galle_(lunar_crater)" title="Galle (lunar crater)">on the Moon</a> and the "happy face" one <a href="/wiki/Galle_(Martian_crater)" title="Galle (Martian crater)">on Mars</a>, the asteroid <a href="/wiki/2097_Galle" class="mw-redirect" title="2097 Galle">2097 Galle</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune" title="Rings of Neptune">ring of Neptune</a> have been named in his honor. </p><p>In Breslau (today Wrocław) itself, it was commemorated by naming one of the streets with his last name – <i> Gallestrasse</i>. This name was in force until the end of World War II. Its contemporary name is Wapienna (meaning <i>Limestone</i> in Polish) Street.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> celebrated Galle's 200th birthday with a <a href="/wiki/Google_Doodle" title="Google Doodle">Google Doodle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Urbain-Jean-Joseph-Le-Verrier">"Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier"</a>. <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i>. 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Galle</a> @ <a href="/wiki/Astrophysics_Data_System" title="Astrophysics Data System">Astrophysics Data System</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Obituaries">Obituaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Johann_Gottfried_Galle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Obituaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFranz1910" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Franz, J. (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://zenodo.org/record/1424871">"Anzeige des Todes von Johann Gottfried Galle"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Astronomische_Nachrichten" title="Astronomische Nachrichten">Astronomische Nachrichten</a></i> (in German). <b>185</b> (19): 309. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1910AN....185..309F">1910AN....185..309F</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fasna.19101851906">10.1002/asna.19101851906</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Astronomische+Nachrichten&rft.atitle=Anzeige+des+Todes+von+Johann+Gottfried+Galle&rft.volume=185&rft.issue=19&rft.pages=309&rft.date=1910&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fasna.19101851906&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1910AN....185..309F&rft.aulast=Franz&rft.aufirst=J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fzenodo.org%2Frecord%2F1424871&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohann+Gottfried+Galle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChant1910" class="citation journal cs1">Chant, C.A. (1910). "Johann Gottfried Galle". <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society_of_Canada" title="Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada">Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada</a></i>. <b>4</b>: 379. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1910JRASC...4..379C">1910JRASC...4..379C</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Royal+Astronomical+Society+of+Canada&rft.atitle=Johann+Gottfried+Galle&rft.volume=4&rft.pages=379&rft.date=1910&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1910JRASC...4..379C&rft.aulast=Chant&rft.aufirst=C.A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohann+Gottfried+Galle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2F71.4.272">"Obituary Notices : Associates : Galle, Johann Gottfried"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Monthly_Notices_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society" title="Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society">Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</a></i>. <b>71</b>: 275. 1911. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1911MNRAS..71R.275.">1911MNRAS..71R.275.</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmnras%2F71.4.272">10.1093/mnras/71.4.272</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Monthly+Notices+of+the+Royal+Astronomical+Society&rft.atitle=Obituary+Notices+%3A+Associates+%3A+Galle%2C+Johann+Gottfried&rft.volume=71&rft.pages=275&rft.date=1911&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fmnras%2F71.4.272&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1911MNRAS..71R.275.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%252Fmnras%252F71.4.272&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohann+Gottfried+Galle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Obituaries: G.V. Schiaparelli, J.G. Galle, J.B.N. Hennessey J. Coles, J.E. Gore". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Observatory_(journal)" title="The Observatory (journal)">The Observatory</a></i>. <b>33</b>: 311. 1910. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1910Obs....33..311.">1910Obs....33..311.</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Observatory&rft.atitle=Obituaries%3A+G.V.+Schiaparelli%2C+J.G.+Galle%2C+J.B.N.+Hennessey+J.+Coles%2C+J.E.+Gore&rft.volume=33&rft.pages=311&rft.date=1910&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F1910Obs....33..311.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohann+Gottfried+Galle" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Astronomical_images">Astronomical images</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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