# Russell's teapot

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A china teapot which hypothetically orbits the Sun between Earth and Mars, which is too small to be detected by telescopes but cannot be proven not to exist.

## Etymology
From a teapot described in an article written in 1952 by Bertrand Russell, Is There a God?.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/russell-s-teapot