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Forums - General Discussion - The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years.

deskpro2k3 on 21 January 2016

What if it's a dwarf star, and we're actually in a Binary system.



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Luke888 on 21 January 2016

If that's actually true Nobel Prize incoming bitches , tough I need to read the full thing later on if I want to give a somewhat scientific opinion...



The Fury on 21 January 2016
Teeqoz said:
The Fury said:
Riiiight. I believe that there is a planet in exact perfect orbit on the other side of the sun. I call it Counter Earth (in honour of Herbert Wyndham). It's there, we just can't see it.

Actually there are such things called lagrangian points, which mean that two bodies share the same orbit. However the lagrangian point that is 180 degrees off the orbit of the earth is unstable, so a planet couldn't be there. There are however examples of natural satelites (or "moons" if I must) that share orbits. If I recall correctly, Saturn had three moons in the same orbit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point

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I would like these guys to backup their claim still 'We just haven't seen it yet'. is just like trying to get them famous before they are famous. Find this (10th) planet and then become famous, not the other way around.





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haxxiy on 22 January 2016
The Fury said:
Riiiight. I believe that there is a planet in exact perfect orbit on the other side of the sun. I call it Counter Earth (in honour of Herbert Wyndham). It's there, we just can't see it.

It comes from an astronomes with an extremely respectable record on Trans-Neptunian Objects. When he says something, you do stop and listen. No need to do anything to become "famous" at this point on his career. Also, it doesn't seem like you know much about how astronomy (mathematical evidence) and science itself works (sharing of data among peers). By the way, the presence of a massive TNO has been inferred since we discovered Sedna and the other plutoids on an unusual eliptic orbit. Something flung them on these paths and is keeping it stable.



 

 

 

 

 

DonFerrari on 22 January 2016

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d21lewis on 22 January 2016

I'm calling it now. It's a Death Star.



ithis on 22 January 2016
The Fury said:

Bam! Learn something new every day.

I would like these guys to backup their claim still 'We just haven't seen it yet'. is just like trying to get them famous before they are famous. Find this (10th) planet and then become famous, not the other way around.

There's no point in keeping this to themselves if the observations and calculations are sound. This thing is extremely far away even when closest to the sun. Since humans started looking at the sky and taking notes, it's done 1/3 (or so) orbit around the sun only.

If it would be a brown dwarf it would still emit a lot of radiation which we would easily detect I think, so it's probably not. 

They shared this so the international comunity can start looking for it with telescopes while double and tripple checking their data and math. The  chances of actually seeing it (not necessarily in visible light), increase a lot if more eyes are looking right?