| >In article <VNci2B7w165w@inqmind.bison.mb.ca> victor@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Victor Laking) writes: |
| >>From: victor@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Victor Laking) |
| >>Subject: Vulcan? (No, not the guy with the ears!) |
| >>Date: Sun, 04 Apr 93 19:31:54 CDT |
| >>Does anyone have any info on the apparent sightings of Vulcan? |
| >>All that I know is that there were apparently two sightings at |
| >>drastically different times of a small planet that was inside Mercury's |
| >>orbit. Beyond that, I have no other info. |
| >>Does anyone know anything more specific? |
| As I heard the story, before Albert came up the the theory |
| o'relativity and warped space, nobody could account for |
| Mercury's orbit. It ran a little fast (I think) for simple |
| Newtonian physics. With the success in finding Neptune to |
| explain the odd movments of Uranus, it was postulated that there |
| might be another inner planet to explain Mercury's orbit. |
| It's unlikely anything bigger than an asteroid is closer to the |
| sun than Mercury. I'm sure we would have spotted it by now. |
| Perhaps some professionals can confirm that. |
| /~~~(-: James T. Green :-)~~~~(-: jgreen@oboe.calpoly.edu :-)~~~\ |
| | Heaven, n.: | |
| | A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk | |
| | of their own personal affairs, and the good listen with | |
| | attention while you expound your own. | |
| | Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" | |
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