Neptune

The first planet found by mathematical prediction (Le Verrier) rather than by observation.

Voyager 2's 1989 measurement of Neptune's mass erased the Uranus residuals behind Lowell's Planet X (Standish 1993).

Sources

1. Standish 1993, AJ 105:2000
2. Wikipedia: Discovery of Neptune

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