1846 in science
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The year 1846 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Astronomy
- June 1 - Urbain Le Verrier predicts the existence and location of Neptune from irregularities in the orbit of Uranus
- August 31 - Urbain Le Verrier publishes full details of the predicted orbit and the mass of the new planet
- September 23 - Johann Galle discovers Neptune
- October 10 - William Lassell discovers Triton, Neptune's moon
Awards
- Copley Medal: Urbain Le Verrier
- Wollaston Medal: William Lonsdale
Births
- December 12 - Eugen Baumann (d. 1896), chemist.
Deaths
- March 17 - Friedrich Bessel (b. 1784), mathematician.