Re: Evidence for "Big Bang Theory"
Paul Schlyter (pausch@electra.saaf.se)
27 Apr 1995 01:46:12 +0200
In article <3nkg4h$7j7@gap.cco.caltech.edu>,
Carl J Lydick <carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU> wrote:
>relativity) hold. On the other hand, the same thing could be said, in the
>mid-nineteenth century, of Newtonian mechanics (well, actualy, I'm not sure
>exactly when the precession of Mercury's orbit became a problem for Newtonian
>mechanics).
It was around that time. After the successful prediction and discovery of
Neptune, Leverrier applied the same method to predict an intra-mercurial
planet (or, possibly, an asteroid belt inside Mercury's orbit). A few
reported observations made Leverrier and several others believe for awhile
that an intra-mercurial planet did exist. The issue was not definitely
resolved until Einstein's general theory of relativity.
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