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December 1, 2004

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The Case of the Pilfered Planet

Did the British steal Neptune?

By William Sheehan, Nicholas Kollerstrom and Craig B. Waff

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Private Research and Public Duty: George Biddell Airy and the Search for Neptune. Allan Chapman in Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 19, Part 2, pages 121-139; May 1988.

The Cambridge Network in Action: The Discovery of Neptune. Robert W. Smith in Isis, Vol. 80, No. 303, pages 395¿422; September 1989.

The Planet Neptune: An Historical Survey before Voyager. Patrick Moore. Praxis, 1996.

In Search of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe. Richard Baum and William Sheehan. Plenum, 1997.

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