Odd Bits: Tycho Brahe’s Observatory
The magnificent lost observatory of eccentric Danish astronomer, Tycho Brache
Jan 2, 1860: The Discovery of Planet Vulcan
On Jan 2, 1860: Urbain Le Verrier announced the discovery of Planet Vulcan, orbiting between the sun and the planet Mercury. This astonishing discovery finally solved the question of why Mercury orbited so strangely... the only problem was that it was totally wrong.
