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Old 27-03-2010, 11:34 AM
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Was Neptune "invented" to account for the orbital issues of Uranus?
Or was it a profound example of Newtonian theory at work?

Neptune was the "dark matter" of the mid nineteenth century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune

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