Vulcan: “The Ninth Planet That Wasn’t”

Vulcan: “The Ninth Planet That Wasn’t” January 30, 2016

 

Vulcan: artist's conception
An artist’s conception of the planet Vulcan
(Wikimedia Commons)

 

An interesting, if slightly longish, account of the planet Vulcan, which was once thought to circle around the Sun inside the orbit of Mercury:

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/hunt-for-vulcan/

 

Does anybody out there know who finally solved the riddle?  And how?

 

Posted from Clovis, California

 

 


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