New 9th Planet, Larger than Jupiter
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phantom0900
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/up-telescope-search-begins-for-giant-new-planet-2213119.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/tyche-hidden-planet_n_823028.html
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/tyche-meet-the-mysterious-new-super-planet-said-to-be-in-our-so/
Cool Graph:
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00555/tyche3_555342a.pdf
Interesting if this pans out to be true. I wonder if it will appear as a 'star' anytime soon.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/14/tyche-hidden-planet_n_823028.html
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/tyche-meet-the-mysterious-new-super-planet-said-to-be-in-our-so/
First a new zodiac sign, now a new planet? The wonders of the cosmos never cease.
As Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo reports, University of Louisiana astrophysicists John Matese and Daniel Whitmire say there's a planet four times larger than Jupiter lurking in our solar system:
According to them, this colossus is hiding in the Oort Cloud -- the asteroid beehive that forms the outer shell of our home system, one light-year in radius.
For now the planet (or hypothetical planet) has been dubbed Tyche. The Independent has more details about its existence (or hypothetical existence). Here's what we know:
If it's real, Tyche probably consists of helium and hydrogen.
It's not hiding, exactly, it's just really far away. The astrophysicists reckon Tyche is 15,000 astronomical units from Earth. (For perspective, the Earth is one AU from the sun.)
Whitmire and Matese believe Tyche's atmosphere would be much like Jupiter's and that the super-planet would have bands, clouds and moons.
If it does exist, it may get renamed, because the International Astronomical Union has final say over planet names. In Greek mythology, Tyche (ty-kee) was a goddess who determined the fortune and prosperity of cities.
Data from NASA's outer space Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, better known as WISE, will be the key to learning if Tyche exists or not. A first round of data from WISE will become available in April, and Matese and Whitmire say they expect to prove Tyche's existence within two years of studying data gleaned from the explorer's sky survey mission.
Cool Graph:
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00555/tyche3_555342a.pdf
Interesting if this pans out to be true. I wonder if it will appear as a 'star' anytime soon.
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its planet x!!!!!! -
Nibiru...........................
Will be ? ? and ? some random ? come 12/21/2012 -
Nibiru...........................
Will be ? ? and ? some random ? come 12/21/2012
you know you spelled note* wrong in your sig? -
jonlakadeadmic wrote: »
very credible source and safe link -
jonlakadeadmic wrote: »you know you spelled note* wrong in your sig?
good looking out! -
jonlakadeadmic wrote: »very credible source and safe link
3 scientist disagreeing about a probable 9th planet.
Your link doesn't discredit mine, it just says he wants more proof, which the LA boys think they will have, come April. -
phantom0900 wrote: »3 scientist disagreeing about a probable 9th planet.
Your link doesn't discredit mine, it just says he wants more proof, which the LA boys think they will have, come April.
i wasnt trying to discredit you or your links in any way, it was just another opinion on the matter because i follow his blog lol -
Nibiru...........................
Will be ? ? and ? some random ? come 12/21/2012
That ? is too far out to be planet X, no way it would get here in time to wreck ? for 2012.
I peeped those Nibiru vids years ago, aren't we supposed to be able to see it by now? -
phantom0900 wrote: »That ? is too far out to be planet X, no way it would get here in time to wreck ? for 2012.
I peeped those Nibiru vids years ago, aren't we supposed to be able to see it by now?
I was just ? around, i believe that extra planet is what our asteroid belt and Moon is now. -
i miss pluto.
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that Nibiru ? is stupid as fucc
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jonlakadeadmic wrote: »i wasnt trying to discredit you or your links in any way, it was just another opinion on the matter because i follow his blog lol
My bad. I would like this to be true, it would be a very humbling discovery.
@usmarin3, I think the asteriod belt was more than likely a planet, or the remains of one or two colliding.. I dunno bout the moon tho. -
phantom0900 wrote: »My bad. I would like this to be true, it would be a very humbling discovery.
@usmarin3, I think the asteriod belt was more than likely a planet, or the remains of one or two colliding.. I dunno bout the moon tho.
Theory is a planet collided with the Earth, and that's how we got our Moon and the remains of the planet form the asteroid belt. -
I remember hearing about Planet X that was a Brown Dwarf long ago in high School.BiblicalAtheist wrote: » its planet x!!!!!!
Guess they finally got around to finding it for real. -
Galuctus's Thanksgivings dinner
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? just ? on pluto to name some other joint the 9th planet such disrespect to pluto after all its been through
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? like this never ceases to amaze me. so much out there...bigger and badder than earth
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Theory is a planet collided with the Earth, and that's how we got our Moon and the remains of the planet form the asteroid belt.
I've heard folks combine the great flood into that theory as well. -
Tiamat? Marduke? Nibiru?
Many would argue the moon is artificial. George Lucas may have been hinting at this with the Death star. -
as jonlakadeadmic correctly pointed out, there is NO REAL EVIDENCE that this planet exists at all
none whatsoever
it is one hypothetical possibility for which NO SUPPORT AT ALL has been given yet -
10th Planet is the biggest of all . It's my dream to train there
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Nibiru!!!!!!!!!!!!
