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ATM, you always seem to be the one who finds the little flaws in my questions.
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Here's an interesting question: Why did they think there was another planet, Vulcan? |
The small difference between the predicted and observed orbit of Mercury was attributed to Vulcan. The real problem was that Newton's Laws are only approximate, when you are as close to a massive body (the Sun) as Mercury is, the difference, though very small, is nonetheless measurable. When you use GR instead of classical mechanics, the predicted orbit matches the observed orbit. |
There was also sunspots report that encouraged it's existance, but this is only supplemental.
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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.
"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.
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