Funnily, they tried to use the same logic to give an accurate description of Mercury's orbit using Newton's law of universal gravitation only to find out that there is no planet in sight and then came Einstein with his general theory of relativity to give the accurate description
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This must have been during Harold Wilson's white heat of innovation.
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And just less than 1 degree from the position that he predicted! It also led to the discovery of its moon Triton in just less than three weekspic.twitter.com/01tiRpphoM
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This is why I always loved theory and supported theoretical numerical studypic.twitter.com/PGfI9eX8DM
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Around the same time in Prague Ustep Chelkovsky predicted that light emitted from the star he named Famille would arrive promptly during his nuptials to Alexandra Numazs and cast the event in a warm pink glow. It didn’t and the marriage ended within weeks.
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Still, Adams should also be given the credit as he completed his calculations first.
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So scientists don't reject a theory when it gives the wrong predictions. They look for another theory instead which includes the first but introduces new information.
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A properly tested theory will have limits beyond which it can be disproved. Difficult to discard the whole theory if it had been accepted as scientific fact.
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