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Jan 2 • 16:45 UTC • 🇭🇷 Croatia • Index.hr

How the "discovered" planet that never existed

In January 1860, the scientific community was misled by the purported discovery of the planet Vulkan, which was thought to orbit within Mercury's path, but later proved to be nonexistent, leaving a peculiar mark in astronomy and popular culture.

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