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...