How are new planets discovered?
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Radial Velocity. Up until the launch of the planet hunting spacecraft Kepler in 2009, radial velocity was the most effective method for locating extrasolar planets. The vast majority of Exoplanets detected from Earth were discovered by this method.
Noone can say that who was the first discoverer as Venus, Mercury, Mars ,Saturn and Jupiter can be seen with naked eyes.
It is said that the first planetdiscovered was Neptune by William Hershel in 13March 1781.
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