Vulcan
hypothetical planet between the Sun and Mercury
Facts
8 properties- Instance of
- hypothetical planet
- Inception
- 1859[4]
- Described by source
- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5]
- Has effect
- Perihelion precession of Mercury[6]
- Named by
- Jacques Babinet[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vulcan
ar فولكان
cs Vulkán
da Vulkan (planet)
de Vulcanus
de Vulkan
el Βουλκάν
el Vulcan
el Ήφαιστος
es Planeta Vulcano
es Vulcano
fi Vulkanus
fr Vulcain
he וולקן (כוכב לכת היפותטי)
ja ヴァルカン
ja バルカン
ja バルカン惑星
ko 불칸
pl Wulkan
ru Вулкан
🔖 Identifiers · 10
- GND ID
- 4454788-2
- BBC Things ID
- 65b06c90-791b-4cb5-a3ba-e5ef4db29d30
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
- 1O33Bi
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
- 584689
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
- vulcan
- Fandom article ID
- thesolarsystem:Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)
- Freebase ID
- /m/0c0l_
- Glossary of Astronomical Terms ID
- 4252
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Vulkan_-_astronomi
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
- 191999895
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Summary
Vulcan is a hypothetical planet[1].
Body
Influence
Things named for Vulcan include Vulcanoid asteroid[9], a minor planet group[10] and Vulcan[11], a Star Trek planet[12], in United Federation of Planets[13].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Vulcan include Vulcanoid asteroid[9], a minor planet group[10] and Vulcan[11], a Star Trek planet[12], in United Federation of Planets[13].