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An Intra-Mercurial Planet

Nature volume 14, page 526 (1876)Cite this article

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IF the phenomenon seen by the Hon. F. A. R. Russell was really a transit of this planet, Hofrath Schwabe must have very narrowly escaped witnessing it, for on turning to his MSS. I found the following observation for the date in question:—

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WHIPPLE, G. An Intra-Mercurial Planet. Nature 14, 526 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014526a0

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