File:Neptune monogram (serif).svg

Summary

Description
English: This is an alternate symbol for the planet Neptune. Observatory director François Arago proposed for the new planet the name Leverrier (for discoverer Urbain Le Verrier) and this symbol, based on an LV ligature.
Date
Source Originally published in Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 25, no. 581, cols. 81-82.
Author
François Arago (1786–1853)  wikidata:Q154353 s:en:Author:Dominique François Jean Arago q:en:François Arago
 
François Arago
Alternative names
Birth name: Dominique François Jean Arago Roig; Francois Arago
Description French astronomer, mathematician, physicist, politician, university teacher and biographer
Date of birth/death 26 February 1786 Edit this at Wikidata 2 October 1853 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Estagel Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q154353
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