Neptune is about to celebrate its first birthday.
On 12 July it will be exactly one Neptunian year - or 164.79 Earth years - since its discovery on 24 September 1846.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14081162 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14081162)
Youngster today :roll:
Tony G
Happy Birthday :D
:beer:
On iPlayer (for the next few days, at least):
What twists and turns of fate, what scientific clues and personality clashes won the race for Neptune's discovery? Some say Galileo spotted it 200 years earlier, secretly noting its existence in a coded Latin anagram awaiting further proof. What secret phrase might be lurking in his notebooks awaiting discovery by 21st century scientific spoofs?
Listen to Happy Birthday, Neptune (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012fbvt/Happy_Birthday_Neptune/) (30 minutes)