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UNCLE RAY PREDICTED MARS MOONS LONG BEFORE SCIENCE
In a quirky science-tinged note a writer echoed Jonathan Swift predicting two Martian satellites long before astronomers confirmed moons. The tale traces Swift’s claim that Laputa found two satellites circling Mars, later echoed by Asaph Hall at the U S Naval Observatory who finally discovered Mars moons a century and a half later.
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