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Neptune Was Discovered

Question 55

Question 55

Multiple Choice

Neptune was discovered:


A) totally by accident.
B) because of deviations observed in the predicted orbit of Uranus.
C) when it collided with a bright comet.
D) by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) .

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