Vulcan (hypothetical planet)
Vulcan is a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan".
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Vulcan is a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan". |
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Vulcan is a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan". |
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| 2016 |
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Vulcan is a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan". |
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| 2015 |
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Vulcan is a small hypothetical planet that was proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan". |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan". |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan". |
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| 2012 |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . In an attempt to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, in the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named Vulcan . No such planet was ever found, and Mercury's orbit has now been explained by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . In an attempt to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, in the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named Vulcan . No such planet was ever found, and Mercury's orbit has now been explained by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . |
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| 2010 |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . In an attempt to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, in the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named Vulcan . No such planet was ever found, and Mercury's orbit has now been explained by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . The name was later given to the home planet of the Star Trek character Spock when the series was created in the 1960s. |
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| 2009 |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun . There were attributes of Mercury's orbit that astronomers couldn't explain. In the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named Vulcan. Although he was wrong, and Mercury's orbit has now been explained by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity , the name was later given to the home planet of the Star Trek character Spock when the series was created in the 1960s. |
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| 2008 |
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Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis. This hypothesis has now been rendered obsolete by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . The name was later given to the home planet of the Star Trek character Spock when the series was created in the 1960s. |
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| 2007 |
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Vulcan was the name given to a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis. This hypothesis has now been rendered obsolete by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . |
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| 2006 |
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Vulcan was the name given to a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis. This hypothesis has now been rendered obsolete by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . |
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| 2005 |
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Vulcan was the name given to a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun , in a 19th century hypothesis which has now been superseded by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . |
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Vulcan was the name given to a small planet supposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun , in a 19th century hypothesis which has now been superseded by Albert Einstein 's theory of general relativity . |
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Vulcan was proposed to explain a small perturbation in Mercury's orbit from the path predicted by classical mechanics , technically called advancing perihelion . |
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At one point it was suspected that there existed a small planet that orbited between Mercury and the Sun , proposed to explain perturbations in Mercury's orbit from the path predicted by Classical Mechanics . This hypothetical planet was known as Vulcan . Albert Einstein 's Theory of Relativity later explained these perturbations without the need for a third body, however, and so the possible existence of the planet Vulcan was discounted. |