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This is a fictional texture of the hypothetical/disproven planet Vulcan(not from Star Trek). Vulcan was reportedly seen by astronomers as far back as the 1760’s, but it wasn’t until the 1840’s that the planet caught the imagination of the public. Urbain Leverier, the man who predicted the discovery of Neptune, tried searching for the mysterious planet after observing irregularities in Mercury’s orbit, but was beat out by another astronomer in 1859. The supposed newly discovered planet was named Vulcan, after the Roman god of fire. The new planet orbited the Sun closer to the sun than Mercury, and appeared to complete one orbit in 19 Earth days. However, some astronomers tried to observe the new planet during predicted sun transits, but saw nothing. Also, Vulcan was discovered to be smaller than Mercury. It would need to be Earth sized to have a gravitational pull on Mercury’s orbit. Vulcan was recognized as a new planet for several decades, but it has now been proven that the planet Vulcan does not exist.

Description
This is a fictional texture of the hypothetical/disproven planet Vulcan(not from Star Trek). Vulcan was reportedly seen by astronomers as far back as the 1760’s, but it wasn’t until the 1840’s that the planet caught the imagination of the public. Urbain Leverier, the man who predicted the discovery of Neptune, tried searching for the mysterious planet after observing irregularities in Mercury’s orbit, but was beat out by another astronomer in 1859. The supposed newly discovered planet was named Vulcan, after the Roman god of fire. The new planet orbited the Sun closer to the sun than Mercury, and appeared to complete one orbit in 19 Earth days. However, some astronomers tried to observe the new planet during predicted sun transits, but saw nothing. Also, Vulcan was discovered to be smaller than Mercury. It would need to be Earth sized to have a gravitational pull on Mercury’s orbit. Vulcan was recognized as a new planet for several decades, but it has now been proven that the planet Vulcan does not exist.