What is Johann Gottfried Galle?
[[Image:Johann-Gottfried-Galle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Johann Gottfried Galle.]] '''Johann Gottfried Galle''' (9 June 1812 in [[Radis]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]]–10 July 1910 in [[Potsdam]], [[Brandenburg]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[astronomer]] at the [[Berlin Observatory]] who, with the help of student [[Heinrich Louis d'Arrest]], was the [[Neptune (planet)#History|first person to view the planet Neptune]], and know what he was looking at. He used the calculations of [[Urbain Le Verrier]] to know where to look. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Galle, Johann Gottfried}} [[Category:1812 births]] [[Category:1910 deaths]] [[Category:German astronomers]] [[Category:Scientists from Saxony-Anhalt]]