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Obsolete theories in physics

  • Titius–Bode lawIn 1764, a French philosopher named Charles Bonnet wrote about planetary distances in a textbook. The text described a sequence of numbers that seemed to…
  • Vulcan (hypothetical planet)In 1611, the German astronomer Christoph Scheiner reported seeing dark spots on the Sun. He believed these were small planets orbiting closer to the star…