Posted on 03/29/2014 1:03:08 AM PDT by chessplayer
Astronomers have increased the size of the observable solar system after spotting a 450-km wide object orbiting the sun.
The lump of ice and rock circles the sun at a greater distance than any known object, and never gets closer than 12bn kilometres – 80 times the distance from Earth to the sun.
If its size is confirmed it could qualify as a dwarf planet in the same category as Pluto.
Though exciting in its own right, the discovery raises a more tantalising prospect for many astronomers: that a "Super Earth" up to 10 times the mass of our planet orbits the sun at such a great distance that it has never been seen.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Sitchin’s “12th Planet” was nonsense, but this 450 mile diameter asteroid wouldn’t be it, in any case.
I believe that they are [unofficially] referring to this dwarf planet as "Biden" - (must refer to his dwarf brain) - and I'd like to send him there.
Aw this is old hat. Zecharia Sitchin told us about this years ago.
I think Niburu does not sweep back through our solar system for 14,000 more years, so we are safe for now.
I don’t get it. How does this make muslims feel good about themselves. Or is this not a NASA program?
related:
Far-Flung Space Crash May Help Solve Mystery of Moon’s Formation
National Geographic News | March 15, 2007 | Richard A. Lovett
Posted on 6/17/2007 12:45:48 AM by SunkenCiv
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