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This fascinating science history tidbit is courtesy of Wired<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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\n1860:<\/span> French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier<\/a> announces the discovery of Vulcan<\/a>, a planet orbiting between Mercury and the sun, to members of the Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences in Paris.
Continued\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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\nWonder if the proposed Vulcan surface would have looked anything like this?<\/p>\n


Surface of Vulcan from “Amok Time”<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan. 2, 1860:<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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