Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by ButterCookie
I say this is an old article that has been discussed to death on here since February. Even when it was first published people misinterpreted what it said. I will summarize what this is actually about. There are two astronomers from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette named Matese and Whitmire. They have hypothesized that there could be a large planet in the Oort Cloud which they have named Tyche. Tyche would be 25,000 AU away and come no closer. As of right now there is absolutely no evidence for the existence of Tyche. Matese and Whitmire stated that if it exists it could show up in the WISE data. To date no such object has been found in the WISE data. That is the extent to this topic.
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by XplanetX
Presently, as WISE was a NASA mission they have first crack at the data. After that the data will be available to other astronomers. Of course, now you're going to try to claim that's proof of Nibiru/Tyche. Regardless of your preconceptions regarding NASA, the fact remains that out of the entire astronomical community only two scientists are supporting the Tyche hypothesis and those scientists are Matese and Whitmire, the two who came up with the hypothesis. And on top of that even if their hypothesized object exists it would never come closer than 25,000 AU.
Originally posted by Pauligirl
Originally posted by Komodo
reply to post by XplanetX
well.. so .. here's my logical thinking.. again..
Why are they JUST saying this now when Hubble as been out there SINCE 1990~!!!!
It's not been seen with Hubble. It's not been seen with WISE either. In fact, it hasn't been seen at all.
And as far as I know, Matese and Whitmire are the only ones that think it exits.
and at last check all of the wise data is not scheduled to be released until next year (2012) and also to
add, while i do beleive in the possibility of a panet X / Tyche type body in or near ur solar system i am NOT a proponent for "Nibiru"Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by Nomad451
Well, the little snippet of data I just posted is straight out of the Jet Propulsion Labs databases over the past few days. it just so happens I've been working this night and day for a few days to answer this whole thing for myself once and for all...but Check the JPL site. All the objects are there and the dates are what I have listed up there. I have notebooks of this stuff now... ugh..
Originally posted by Neopan100
reply to post by MJZoo
It was a story from February 15, 2011
A recently-discovered dwarf planet, named Sedna, has an extra-long and usual elliptical orbit around the Sun. Sedna is one of the most distant objects yet observed, with an orbit ranging between 76 and 975 AU (where 1 AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun). Sedna’s orbit is estimated to last between 10.5 to 12 thousand years. Sedna’s discoverer, Mike Brown of Caltech, noted in a Discover magazine article that Sedna’s location doesn’t make sense.
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by ButterCookie
And your point is? Evidence points stars having passed through the solar system in the past. However, it is not a regular occurrence and Gliese 710 is not going to pass through the Oort Cloud for at least a million years. So, what does it have to do with this topic?
