{"id":3470,"date":"2008-01-02T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/01\/02\/jan-2-1860-2\/"},"modified":"2008-01-02T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T15:29:09","slug":"jan-2-1860-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/01\/02\/jan-2-1860-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 2, 1860:"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.
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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":"

This fascinating science history tidbit is courtesy of Wired. Quote: 1860: French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of Vulcan, a planet orbiting between Mercury and the sun, to members of the Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences in Paris.Continued\u2026 Wonder if … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n