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A Weird West Tale and the Hunt for Planet Vulcan
A hypothetical Vulcanoid asteroid in orbit about the Sun. ( Artist’s impression in the Public Domain).
One of the most fascinating stories in modern astronomy involves the pursuit of a world that never was.
Tomorrow marks the 135th anniversary of the total solar eclipse of July 29th, 1878. With a maximum totality of 3 minutes 11 seconds, this eclipse traced a path across western Canada and the United States from the territory of Montana to Louisiana.(…)
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Post tags: 2017 solar eclipse, astronomy history, hunt for vulcan, landon curt noll, NASA F-18, search for vulcan, solar eclipse science, the 1878 eclipse, Vulcan, vulcanoid, vulcanoid asteroid, vulcanoids
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