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Topic started on 23-3-2008 @ 08:58 AM by IvanZana

Japanese find mysterious 'PLANET X'


www.presstv.com
Japanese astronomers believe a mysterious new planet dubbed 'Planet X' is orbiting in the outer reaches of the Earth's solar system.

Kobe University scientists claim 'Planet X' is about two-thirds the size of the Earth and has the same elliptical solar orbit.

"The possibility is high that a yet unknown, planet-class celestial body, measuring 30 percent to 70 percent of the Earth's mass, exists in the outer edges of the solar system," said a Kobe University statement.

The discovery comes two years after the International Astronomical Union excluded Pluto from the list of planets, saying the solar system consists solely of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

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reply posted on 23-3-2008 @ 12:27 PM by Soylent Green Is People
reply to post by IvanZana

Well, they haven't "Found" it -- they have done calculations that said one could exist, but I say again: they haven't found it.

I don't doubt another large body exists in the Kuiper belt. So far we have only recently found "Eris" (in 2005) which is larger than Pluto, and astronomers have also found "Sedna" which is slightly smaller than Pluto, plus "2003 EL61", "2005 FY9" and "Quaoar" which are all a little smaller than Sedna. I'm sure more will be found. Although just because we have found other large bodies does not mean that "Nibiru" exists.

I'm sure we've only scratched the surface of Kuiper belt objects. I don't see why the potential future discovery of this object would qualify it as anything more than just another object in the Kuiper belt. Although when they do actually find this object, if its size and orbit turn out to be as calculated by the Japanese, then it could quite possibly be considered a Planet -- but that does not mean that it is the mythical "Nibiru".

Here's another story about the Japanese calculations and the POSSIBILTY of this body existing:
www.canada.com...



reply posted on 8-4-2008 @ 02:04 PM by Soylent Green Is People
reply to post by VIKINGANT


I heard about this on the major news outlets (I think both Fox News and MSNBC had a story), and I even saw it in my local newspaper. However, since there REALLY ISN'T MUCH OF A STORY beyond esoteric science matters, not too much was made of it.

The title of this thread is misleading...the Japanese DID NOT find another planet. However they did do some calculations that show another large body could exist out there somewhere, but they have not found it.

While the story is scientifically interesting -- and if the Planet is later found then the Japanese calaculations should be commended -- the fact is that this "potential planet" could NOT be the mythical Nibiru since the calculated orbit of this planet postulated by the Japanese does not take it anywhere near the inner solar system.

[edit on 4/8/2008 by Soylent Green Is People]


reply posted on 11-4-2008 @ 11:44 AM by dave420
reply to post by IvanZana



It's not Planet X.

When will this childish insanity end? There is NO planet X.

If people keep going around believing in stuff as ridiculous as this, without any evidence, then I'd argue that we're living in a terrible age full of gullibility and disdain for rationality.
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