"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote...
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What if Uranus did not wobble? Or was not this the reason astronomers
knew that Uranus was being pulled by an invisible object? A planet in
our solar system used to find a planet near it sounds a little
bizarre,but best to keep in mind over 150 years ago telescopes were not
very powerful,and Neptune is about 40 times further from the Sun than
Earth some 2825 million miles. TreBert

Bert, if planet Uranus did not wobble, than planet
Neptune would not have been found by astronomers
(teams led by Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams)
who mapped out Neptune's probable position by the
accurate measurements of Uranus' perterbation. The
planet Neptune was discovered within about 1 degree of
its predicted position.

The even *more* astounding show was the discovery of
Pluto. After finding Neptune, astronomers erroneously
thought that there were still wobbles in Uranus that must
mean yet another gas giant out beyond Neptune. After
searching for many years, the astronomer Percival Lowell
died without finding "Planet X". Then his student, Clyde
Tombaugh, found what was thought to be the gas giant
in almost precisely the predicted spot! Talk about your
astounding mysteries of astronomy, especially when one
considers that Pluto is sooo much smaller than a gas
giant!

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

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