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Old 28-12-2012, 05:47 AM
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400 years first sighting of Neptune
On 28 Dec 1612 Galileo saw Neptune close to Jupiter, he thought is was a star.
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http://www.nature.com/nature/journal.../287311a0.html
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Thanks for the post and link on this pre-discovery.
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