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First used in astronomical sense c.1385, from L. Neptunus, the Roman god of the sea (later identified with Gk. Poseidon), probably from PIE base *(e)nebh- "moist" (cf. L. nebula "fog, mist, cloud;"). The planet so named was discovered by Galle in 1846. Until the identification of Pluto in 1930, it was the most distant planet known. Neptunian (1794) in the geological sense refers to actions of water; usually opposed to volcanic or plutonic.
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