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Did the planet Phaeton exist?

In the XVIII century. An empirical law was proposed for determining the distances of the planets from the Sun. If the distance from the center of mass of the Earth (the third planet) to the center of mass of the star is taken as a unit (astronomical unit, AU), then for Mercury it will be 0,4, for Venus - 0,7, for Mars - 1,5. Beyond Mars there should be a fifth planet with a distance of 2,8 from the Sun, and only then - Jupiter at a distance of 5,2, etc.

All these figures correspond well to real distances, but at a distance of 2,8 AU. That is, only many small planets - asteroids - are spinning from the Sun. According to some scientists, these are fragments of a once existing planet, which they called Phaethon - after the son of the ancient Greek sun god Helios. Phaeton, according to ancient legend, failed to control the fiery horses of his father's chariot and died.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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