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[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Here is the wiki page that describes the experiment.

[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] xzinik@feddit.cl 2 points 20 hours ago

damn pretty accurate

[–] edg@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

This is one of my favorite historical experiments and I am thrilled you've made a meme about it.

[–] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mercury was so far out because of general relativity.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

See and I was gonna make a joke about the sun not having yet burned off the crust and mantle yet.