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Originally posted by hezekiahjones:
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Newton himself proposed a "god of the gaps" explanation for the irregularities in Uranus' orbit. Then Neptune was discovered, having previously been suggested by what at the time was also considered an ad hoc hypothesis. So "god" is no longer affecting Uranus' orbit, as Newton proposed.
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That must have been quite an hypothesis for Newton (1642-1727) to propose that God was altering the orbit of Uranus that was discovered by William Herschel (1738-1822) in 1781.
04-07-2002, 08:15 PM
