Nature January 25th 1877
The Inter Mercurial Planet
In M. Leverrier’s last communication to the Paris Academy on
the planet assumed to exist within the orbit of Mercury, it was mentioned that,
with the elements adopted, or very similar ones, a solar conjunction would
occur on March 22, and a transit over the sun’s disc was possible though
uncertain.
A close examination of the disc is therefore recommended on
March 22 and 23, and there is reason to believe that observers in widely
differing longitudes are prepared to undertake it.
If no transit should occur, eight or nine years may elapse
before one is possible at the spring node.
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