John Couch Adams
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John Couch Adams was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge.
Adams c. 1870
John Couch Adams
Neptune as seen by Voyager 2 in 1989
The great Leonid shower storm of 1833
Laneast
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Laneast is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies above the River Inny valley, about six miles (11 km) west of Launceston. The population in the 2001 census was 164, increasing to 209 at the 2011 census.
St Sidwell's church
The cross in the churchyard
Memorial to John Couch Adams, the astronomer who discovered the planet Neptune.
The cross on Laneast Down