The Hunt for Planet X:
New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto
by Govert Schilling
reviewed by Marcus Chown
The Hunt for Planet X:
New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto
by Govert Schilling
reviewed by Marcus Chown
Earth-sized planet predicted beyond Pluto
Cosmos Magazine | Friday, February 29, 2008 | Agence France-Presse
Posted on 03/20/2008 11:43:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1989253/posts
Yes there is, it is right between Planet Y and Planet Z!
Sorry, but I couldn’t resist.
Nibiru!
When I said [still writing in 2002] that Planet X -- if there is one -- would be discovered by 2015, I didn't know about this, but hey, I'll take it. ;') The article sez that the total mass for the Kuiper Belt Objects identified thus far would, if combined, be about 20 per cent the mass of the Earth.The Hunt for Planet XJust over a year after the New Horizons' launch, it will... pick up enough velocity to reach Pluto, possibly as early as July 2015... In their new research, Melita and Brunini have explored three possible reasons for the Kuiper Cliff... The third possibility is that the region beyond was brushed clear by the gravity of Planet X... the KBO orbits they have investigated so far fit in best with the influence of a Planet X.
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Interesting article. Isn’t there still some question as to whether Pluto should even be considered a planet?
How is the search for our Sun’s twin, “Nemesis” going?
Today is Pluto’s birthday BTW.
Pluto was discovered, in part, out of the general search for Planet X. After the discovery of Neptune, astronomers noticed that it was not appearing where the laws of physics, which accurately described the orbits of the other planets, predicted. Uranus tended to be slightly off as well. This prompted the theory that something beyond Neptune was “tugging at it”. The discovery of Pluto was thought to have provided the answer, until astronomers quickly figured out that Pluto is not nearly massive enough to be the culprit. So the search for something larger beyond Neptune continues. I find the thought that the culprit may not be a planet but a brown dwarf or other burned out star orbiting the sun (or perhaps the other way around) very intriguing.
Planet X Adult Superstore - Tampa, FL, 33619 - Citysearch
Probably find ya one of those very popular Obama-Head of State ....er....devices.
A planet sized, well, planet, might not have a really great effect on the earth when it comes ‘back’ into our solar system, eh?
Wouldn’t that be planet IX once again since Pluto got demoted?
Just think, if you had thought to say Planet X was proof that Darwin was a poopyhead, this would be prominently displayed in NEWS instead of CHAT.
And you could start the same thread ten times a day without objection.
Yes, there is. I saw the files on t.v., The X Files.
Right now there isn’t even a planet IX.
