Originally posted by RuneSpider
Originally posted by CLPrime
Fact: such a planet as described by Sitchin would be detected by amateur astronomers.
Fact: it is not.
For the sake of completeness, I must say... there is that theory out there that Nibiru is a brown dwarf, which would make it (optically) invisible
until it gets fairly close.
That being said, I agree with you. Nibiru is pseudoscience at its best. And I'm embarrassed to admit that I used to believe in it. In my defense,
though, I was 12 at the time. Actually, that should probably tell you who this whole Nibiru thing is aimed at.
In which case it'd be lighting up the sky with radio and xray emissions, which is how we detect fainter stars.
Exactly. I threw that in there because I know it's been suggested by Nibiru enthusiasts. As you and I also know, however, it doesn't really work any
better than a typical planet.
It could also be a black hole...
But wait, then we'd definitely notice its gravitational pull on the other planets.
Could be something more exotic, like a neutron star, or a quark star.
But, again, these are detectable in the x-ray range, and would also exert a very noticeable gravitational pull on the outer planets.
The point is, there are many things that Nibiru *could* be, but, given the timeframe, all of them should be noticeable by now in some way shape or
form. Unless, of course, Sitchin was right in the first place and Nibiru isn't due back until 2900, in which case, we probably shouldn't even care.
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