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[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] xzinik@feddit.cl 2 points 1 week ago

damn pretty accurate

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Here is the wiki page that describes the experiment.

[–] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mercury was so far out because of general relativity.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] edg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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