The discovery of the planet Neptune is one of my favorite stories in the history of science. Not only is the technical achievement impressive, the blind calculation and resulting prediction is amazing.

References:
- Grosser, Morton. 1962. The Discovery of Neptune. First Edition. Harvard University Press.
- Stellarium: https://stellarium.org/ This video made use of the Stellarium planetarium
* DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8105940
* https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.17822
* https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.25608
JPL Horizon's for planet information: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
High accuracy planet ephemerides DE440 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10...
Manim Community Edition: https://docs.manim.community/en/stable/
REBOUND: https://rebound.readthedocs.io/ the simulations in this video made use of the REBOUND N-body code (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/201.... The simulations were integrated using IAS15, a 15th order Gauss-Radau integrator (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/201....

This video was re-uploaded from an earlier version with some audio fixes.

Image credits
Galle: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_G..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
d'Arrest: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... public domain
Dime: Public Domain, https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-med...
Le Verrier: Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here11:42, 28 July 2004 Magnus Manske 669x851 (56,791 bytes) ({{PD}} from [http://web4.si.edu/sil/scientific-ide...]), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Bremiker star map: Hora XXI of the Berlin Academy's Star Atlas https://www.aip.de/en/news/175th-anni... Credit: AIP Archive
Constellation artwork from https://johanmeuris.eu/work/stellariu... under the artlibre license https://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/
Ptolemy: By Fastfission - From Edward Grant, "Celestial Orbs in the Latin Middle Ages", Isis, Vol. 78, No. 2. (Jun., 1987), pp. 152-173. See also: F. A. C. Mantello and A. G. Rigg, "Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide", The Catholic University of America Press, p. 365 (on-line text here)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Ptolemy: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Neptune image 1: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Naomi Rowe-Gurney (NASA-GSFC) https://webbtelescope.org/copyright
Neptune image 2: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing Joseph DePasquale (STScI); Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) Feb. 6, 2023
Telescope Image: Neunzöller von Joseph Fraunhofer, ca. 1826/1827. Mit diesem Refraktor (Fernrohr) entdeckte der Astronom J.G. Galle 1846 in Berlin den Planeten Neptun. Bild: Deutsches Museum | Christian Illing https://www.deutsches-museum.de/asset...
David Deutsch: Lulie Tanett   / reasonisfun  

Music from https://www.epidemicsound.com



Thanks
Thanks to many people, especially

- Julija Bagdonaite
- Manim Community
- @uwezi Uwe Zimmermann
- Zero601
- Abulafia
- Celebrin
- @TheoremofBeethoven


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Re-upload of my submission for #SoME3