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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder about a Planet Nine having a close encounter with Earth at some point, or at several points.


17 posted on 05/02/2025 8:41:06 PM PDT by Az Joe (uired to.)
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To: Az Joe

This particular candidate never gets closer to the Sun than 400 A.U., Earth’s distance from the Sun is 1 A.U. :^) In short, probably not.


19 posted on 05/02/2025 8:50:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Az Joe
I wonder about a Planet Nine having a close encounter with Earth at some point, or at several points.

The same thought occurred to me --- if there is a planet, its orbit is important.

There are comets out there with elongated, eccentric orbits that take them far outside the solar system, such that it takes decades or even centuries to complete a single orbit. It's only when they approach the sun that they become visible. One of them collided with Jupiter last year, as I recall.

What if there's a planet out there whose orbit crosses ours? Could be trouble.

21 posted on 05/02/2025 9:03:04 PM PDT by ZOOKER
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