Posted on 07/12/2020 9:46:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Over the past few years, researchers have noticed an odd clustering in the orbits of multiple trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which dwell in the dark depths of the far outer solar system. Some scientists have hypothesized that the TNOs' paths have been sculpted by the gravitational pull of a big object way out there, something five to 10 times more massive than Earth (though others think the TNOs may just be tugging on each other).
This big "perturber," if it exists, may be a planet the so-called "Planet Nine," or "Planet X" or "Planet Next" for those who will always regard Pluto as the ninth planet. But there's another possibility as well: The shepherding object may be a black hole, one that crams all that mass into a sphere the size of a grapefruit.
The highly anticipated Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a big telescope under construction in the Chilean Andes, is scheduled to begin a wide-ranging, decade-long survey of the southern sky called the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in late 2022.
The Rubin Observatory will be incredibly sensitive and scan large swaths of sky repeatedly, a combination that will provide an unprecedented wealth of data, scientists have said. For example, LSST data will allow astronomers to probe the nature of mysterious dark energy and dark matter, find and track large numbers of potentially hazardous asteroids and study our Milky Way galaxy's formation and evolution, among other things.
The LSST observing program will also be able to spot a potential black-hole signature, the new study reports "accretion flares" that result when black holes gobble up comets or other small objects.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
ALL Matter Matters.
Whatsamatter? I say something wrong?
Until her death in 2016, Rubin was frequently listed as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in physics.
Man, THAT had to to get annoying...
black holes be raysis
“Planet 9 from outer space” seems redundant. Of course it is! (From outer space)
Wait... wouldn’t a 5-earth mass black hole be a hell of a lot smaller than a grapefruit? At that size, you ought to be able to send a probe into it and have it not get spaghettified.
Planet 9 = Pluto.
Planet X= planet 10
If it’s a hole, that’s the opposite if a planet, right?
That’s what happens when “scientists” get together and decide consensus instead of science.
The sad part is that much of the funding comes from tax dollars.
So, a ruby red, or one of those regular, kind of yellowish ones?
Hey I saw the movie!!
My biggest worry, in this particular matter, is a black-hole-sized grapefruit...
I really liked that show.
Still pissed that it got cancelled.
miss those guys...
Is Planet X named for Malcolm X?
Over the past few years, researchers have noticed an odd clustering in the orbits of multiple trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which dwell in the dark depths of the far outer solar system. Some scientists have hypothesized that the TNOs' paths have been sculpted by the gravitational pull of a big object way out there, something five to 10 times more massive than Earth (though others think the TNOs may just be tugging on each other).
Thanks BenLurkin.
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the rest of the John Matese keyword:
Yea i really liked both The Android and Three.
That was a pretty good show for what i imagine was a fraction of the cost of ST:Discovery and 100X more enjoyable.
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