Ninth Planet

[kopfjäger]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/science/space/ninth-planet-solar-system-beyond-pluto.html

[Popeye the Sailor]

Needs a name.

[DarkMonster620]

was reading about it yesterday from 2 diff publications . .  it has an orbit different to the other planets . .

[duccarlos]

I read about it, but the article didn't do a good job at explaining how a planet could be missed. I understood it's on a weird orbit, but these planets impact other celestial objects around them.

[kopfjäger]

I read about it, but the article didn't do a good job at explaining how a planet could be missed. I understood it's on a weird orbit, but these planets impact other celestial objects around them.

It just showed up, it's the 'Death Star'. 

[duccarlos]

It just showed up, it's the 'Death Star'. 

Don't even start with the Star Wars jokes. They haven't even started filming and the movie was already postponed to December 2017 since Disney realized that they have less competition and can sell more toys closer to Xmas.

[NAKID]

I read about it, but the article didn't do a good job at explaining how a planet could be missed. I understood it's on a weird orbit, but these planets impact other celestial objects around them.

The way I understood it is because of the massive orbit (about 10,000 years for one complete trip) they have not been able to see it directly, but noticed that the gravitational effect it has on objects in the Kuiper Belt are what led them to speculate it's existence.

[Popeye the Sailor]

How could you not call this thread "Planet Nine From Outer Space" Kopf?


So disappointed in you.

[koko64]

 

We're doomed. Melancholia.

[Grampa]

I thought science knew everything about everything already.

[kopfjäger]

How could you not call this thread "Planet Nine From Outer Space" Kopf?


So disappointed in you.

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[ducatiz]

I read about it, but the article didn't do a good job at explaining how a planet could be missed. I understood it's on a weird orbit, but these planets impact other celestial objects around them.

it has an egg shaped orbit that has a period of about 100 million years.  probably was a bit too far for Copernicus to notice.

[Scooter Montgomery]

David Bowie dies and a new planet is found days later.. hmmm.

[Speedbag]

Psssssh, I've known about it for years. 

[MendoDave]

It just showed up, it's the 'Death Star'. 

That's no moon is it...