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In the early 1800s, seven planets were known, but perturbations in the orbit of Uranus, the seventh planet, suggesting the existence of a hypothetically eighth planet.

(A) suggesting the existence of a hypothetically

(B) suggesting the existence of a hypothetical

(C) to suggest the existence of a hypothetical

(D) suggested the existence of a hypothetical

(E) suggested the existence of a hypothetically



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