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I want to draw your attention to Mercury. See how far out it is from the sun. Now consider the fact that orbital cycle calculations were never summing up right
by thanks1banks2 7y ago
I want to draw your attention to Mercury. See how far out it is from the sun. Now consider the fact that orbital cycle calculations were never summing up right with classical laws. The error was consistently repeatable. With curvature of space included, the error disappeared. Look at the distance till which the influence of the sun is, that leaves us unsatisfied with our results!
- arethuza 7y agoAsimov had a great factual article based on that point: "The Planet that Wasn't" http://geobeck.tripod.com/frontier/planet.htm http://geobeck.tripod.com/frontier/planet.htm [A favourite of mine as it was the first 'adult' science article I read when I was a very young kid].
- macintux 7y agoI remember seeking out the Asimov non-fiction science books at my local library when I was a teenager. Even then they were dated, but still fascinating.