Posted on 01/20/2015 8:54:04 AM PST by Red Badger
Le Verrier may have been wrong about Vulcan, but he is credited with the discovery of Neptune. He calculated the location of a planet beyond Uranus, sent the information to an astronomer, Johann Galle, at an observatory in Berlin, and Galle found Neptune within an hour within one degree of where Le Verrier predicted it would be. That was in 1846 and Neptune takes 164.8 years to go around the sun once, so it is now very close to where it was when it was discovered.
ceres and Esis?
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Our solar system extends much further out than has been uderstood. There should be many more planets than we can detect now and possibly hundreds in our solar system.
Based on the Vulcan episode. I would expect modern scientists to be more careful in predicting new planets - so this could prove to be true.-Tom
The largest of the trans-Neptune dwarf planets is Eris, which is supposed to have a diameter of 1,850 miles. Its period is 560 years (vs. 248 years for Pluto), but at times it is closer to the sun than Pluto is. Its name means "strife." It has one known satellite, Dysnomia, which means "lawlessness" in Greek.
The other dwarf planets further out than Pluto are Haumea and Makemake.
The largest of the trans-Neptune dwarf planets is Eris, which is supposed to have a diameter of 1,850 miles. Its period is 560 years (vs. 248 years for Pluto), but at times it is closer to the sun than Pluto is. Its name means "strife." It has one known satellite, Dysnomia, which means "lawlessness" in Greek.
The other dwarf planets further out than Pluto are Haumea and Makemake.
thanx, Verg!
Ceres was discovered on Jan. 1, 1801 (the first night of the 19th century), by Giuseppe Piazzi, a native of Sicily. The goddess Ceres was the patron goddess of ancient Sicily.
Not unless they have a Captain Video Decoder Ring!
One ring to plot them all and in the darkness find them!........................
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