Anonymous Coward User ID: 26163936 United States 01/20/2016 11:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto [ link to www.sciencemag.org] The solar system appears to 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. ... Batygin and Brown inferred its presence from the peculiar clustering of six previously known objects that orbit beyond Neptune. They say there’s only a 0.007% chance, or about one in 15,000, that the clustering could be a coincidence. Instead, they say, a planet with the mass of 10 Earths has shepherded the six objects into their strange elliptical orbits, tilted out of the plane of the solar system. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 46035261 United Kingdom 01/20/2016 11:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto Qoute "strange elliptical orbits, tilted out of the plane of the solar system" Nibiru |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14284297 Canada 01/20/2016 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto Makes sense |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 64616135 United States 01/20/2016 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto NIBIRU!
Finally, scoffers, scientific evidence that proves to a .007% chance that Nibiru exists. And it's near a few known objects, so it's clearly dark. |
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User ID: 4841092 United States 01/20/2016 11:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto ~If everyone would take responsibility for their actions or lack of, then we could all be free~ |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26163936 United States 01/20/2016 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto NIBIRU!
Finally, scoffers, scientific evidence that proves to a .007% chance that Nibiru exists. And it's near a few known objects, so it's clearly dark.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64616135 Other way around. They say there is a .007% chance that a planet WOULDN'T cause what they are seeing. |