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No. Urbain le Verrier is generally credited as the person who discovered Neptune. Neptune was not discovered until more than 200 years after Galileo died.

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What year did Galileo find Neptune?

Galileo did not discover Neptune. Neptune was officially discovered on September 23, 1846 by astronomers Johann Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest, based on calculations by Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams.


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When did Edwin Hubble discover Neptune?

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