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Caltech Astronomers Say a Ninth Planet Lurks Beyond Pluto (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: The solar system may 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. During the solar system's infancy 4.5 billion years ago, they say, the giant planet was knocked out of the planet-forming region near the sun. Slowed down by gas, the planet settled into a distant elliptical orbit, where it still lurks today.
Here's a link to the full academic paper published in The Astronomical Journal.
To tell us how this planet oscillates the chemtrails so the 911 nuclear aliens can open up communications with the illuminati and space lizards to bring on the new world order and force us into fema camps.
Yea, Dwarf planets are not planets any more than dwarf people are people.
I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
...and here comes Nibiru?
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Step 1: Rename Pluto
Step 2: Name the new planet Pluto
Step 3: Profit!
Next decade, whenever anything is detected, we'll also have James Webb to get a better look at it.
If we're lucky, James will bring his telescope. :-)
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
>> Dwarf planets are not planets any more than dwarf people are people.
Dwarf planets are not planets any more than daddy long-legs spiders are not spiders.
Dwarf planets are not planets any more than Komodo dragons are not dragons.
Dwarf planets are not planets any more than Fool's Gold is not gold.
I think we can agree that English isn't the best language for science. Where are we going with this?
This finally explains all the times my horoscope wasn't entirely accurate. With this new input, I'm sure that I will be able to use my horoscope to see what the stars have for me and I will be able to intelligently make life-decisions knowing how they are arranged.
N.B. - I started the above in jest, but let's observe a moment of silence for the poor folks who actually feel that way.
A computer model that predicts the existence of a ninth planet (of substantial mass, ejected into a distant orbit, early in the solar system) does not, by the usual scientific method, constitute evidence. Evidence of its existence would be certain observables that others could also observe and verify: perturbations in the orbits of other planets, detection in a telescope, etc.
This is a prediction by a hypothesis - nothing more. I could create a model that predicts the existence of dragons that fart nerve gas - that does not count as "evidence of an impending apocalypse," although that would surely generate many clicks.
It's kind of like the term "marriage". Its meaning is different depending on who you ask. Some believe it is a religious concept, some believe it is a legal concept, and some feel it is both.
I think we can all agree that the proper term for Pluto is "gay planet".
All my liberal friends think I'm a conservative, all my conservative friends think I'm a liberal.
It IS Planet Nine from outer space.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
It's actually a trans planet. Trans-neptunian that is.
Still sounds like a better place to live than Flint, Michigan, USA.
I think we can agree that English isn't the best language for analogies. Where are we going with this?
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