This fascinating science history tidbit is courtesy of Wired.
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1860: French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of Vulcan, a planet orbiting between Mercury and the sun, to members of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. Continued… |
Wonder if the proposed Vulcan surface would have looked anything like this?
Surface of Vulcan from “Amok Time”
Jan. 2, 1860: was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon