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of some planet too far removed from the sun
to be ever perceived.”
The excitement of astronomers towards
the end of 1758 became intense; and the
honour of first catching sight of the traveller
fell to an amateur in Saxony, George Pal-
itsch, on Christmas Day, 1758. It reached
perihelion on March 13th, 1759.
This fact was a startling confirmation
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