By the 17th century, the moon's size and distance were well known but no one knew why the moon orbited Earth. Then a real oddball named Isaac Newton figured out The Law Of Gravity. But some people needed convincing.
He calculated that an eclipse would hit Britain at 9:05 AM on May 3, 1715, and he printed up handy posters that reassured everyone no, the king isn't going to die. Haley got impressively close - the sun went dark at 9 sharp. And that eclipse proved Newton wasn't crazy, he was a genius!
1919 AD - Eclipse Prove Einstein Right
Einstein had this radical new theory called "The General Theory Of Relativity", and it made Vulcan unnecessary. According to the theory, Mercury was thrown off course because the sun's bulk was warping the very fabric of space time.
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