YEK Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 It’s bigger than any one person, he says: “It’s kind of like finding a new continent on Earth.” http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/feature-astronomers-say-neptune-sized-planet-lurks-unseen-solar-system are we all going to die? details at 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 stay on top but remain from the underground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 If it's meant to be the ninth planet surely it should be named Planet IX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 If it's meant to be the ninth planet surely it should be named Planet IX i blame Pluto.... but actually yeah, they are calling it Planet Nine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I'll get excited when there is visual confirmation of this supposed planet. Until then it's just circumstantial evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Very exciting, but a stinkingly misleading topic title! we will see what the future brings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I'll get excited when there is visual confirmation of this supposed planet. Until then it's just circumstantial evidence. I agree but am not holding my breath as to visual confirmation, if it exists it's so relatively small and distant that it's not going to reflect any sunlight, and if there are ways of getting around this we would've tried already. Sorrz didn't watch the video, godspeed you lil subaru telescope! Plus doesn't it's orbit eccentricity and deviation from the ecliptic plane preclude it from being a planet? Just askin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t yst r Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I'll get excited when there is visual confirmation of this supposed planet. Until then it's just circumstantial evidence. I agree but am not holding my breath as to visual confirmation, if it exists it's so relatively small and distant that it's not going to reflect any sunlight, and if there are ways of getting around this we would've tried already. Sorrz didn't watch the video, godspeed you lil subaru telescope! Plus doesn't it's orbit eccentricity and deviation from the ecliptic plane preclude it from being a planet? Just askin' Not according IAU's definition of a planet. Its angle on the ecliptic does make it far more difficult to find. The steeper the angle, the more places it could be (given that you begin the search in the ecliptic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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