nebula Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Possible Ninth Planet Rocks the Web by Claudine Zap http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/94291 It sounds to me like they propose it is out there because what they observe indicates a massive gravitational force in the outer reaches of the solar system, which could be a planet of gas giant size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I don't know.... they say... the planet is 4 times the size of Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in this solar system, it's volume being large enough to hold 1, 321 planets the size of earth. they say.....that it won't reveal itself for another 2 years....is it shy??? they also say....that NASA may have information on this planet....is NASA being stingy??? Hard to imagine something 4 times the size of Jupiter floating around out there and no one can see it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 16, 2011 I thought the same Hunter. Ii wonder if the gravitational pull is from us starting to align with the center of the milky-way, but I am not astronomer. Though I enjoy the pictures, I know very little about outer space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Just because it is large does not mean it can be seen easily. Bright spots in the sky become smaller and dimmer the farther they are away. Neptune took some doing to find. Two years could be a guess - one has to actually be looking for it, get the calculations right, point a powerful enough telescope in the correct direction, etc. Don't know what they know NASA does or does not know. If they are silent it could because they would rather have something more concrete before saying anything. For what they are observing could be caused by something else, and they don't want to "open mouth, insert foot." Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 16, 2011 Here are my questions. If we know enough about our solar system to know the makeup of all the planets, their moons and the asteroid belt, how could they miss such an object after all this time? To me, the logic of just not looking in the right place seems too weak to believe with all the technology we have at our fingertips. If we can be so certain about all this, how did they miss something so big? It's not like it just appeared, is it? Did God just make another planet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,129 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,858 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 16, 2011 Just because it is large does not mean it can be seen easily. Bright spots in the sky become smaller and dimmer the farther they are away. Neptune took some doing to find. Two years could be a guess - one has to actually be looking for it, get the calculations right, point a powerful enough telescope in the correct direction, etc. Don't know what they know NASA does or does not know. If they are silent it could because they would rather have something more concrete before saying anything. For what they are observing could be caused by something else, and they don't want to "open mouth, insert foot." Does that help? Even if this is the planet X that some people are looking to come into close orbit and mess with our planet, NASA is not going to tell us about it ahead of time.... No reason to panic people before it's absolutely necessary. We've had official think tanks discuss things of this nature and they have all said the same thing.... if it's a major catastrophe and there isn't anything we can do about it...... don't panic the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,129 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,858 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 16, 2011 Here are my questions. If we know enough about our solar system to know the makeup of all the planets, their moons and the asteroid belt, how could they miss such an object after all this time? To me, the logic of just not looking in the right place seems too weak to believe with all the technology we have at our fingertips. If we can be so certain about all this, how did they miss something so big? It's not like it just appeared, is it? Did God just make another planet? OneLight, if this is the Naburu thing, the theory is that it's a very large planet that is on an orbit that more resembles a comet. It spends almost all it's time very very far out. According to the theory it only comes around once ever 3,600 years and causes havoc with the rest of the solar system with it's strong gravity and magnetic fields. If there is truly such a thing it's due back around 2012 give or take a few years. Anyway for worry warts it gives us something to think about befides the Muslim Brotherhood taking over and chopping off our heads for not following them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt712 Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 88 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/08/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/06/1981 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I always liked irony. They decided pluto was not our ninth planet, even though they know exactly where it is. Now they are hoping to find the actual ninth planet! lol It's kinda funny to me anyway...... Nebula- You are right in saying that distant planets can be very hard to see. If the sun is between us and the planet we cannot see it at all, if we are on the same side as the planet we still need to detect some amount of light from that planetary body. Sometimes this drives me nuts: Scientists sometimes refer to the detection of 'gravitic forces' when they talk about finding objects in deep space. There is no instrument that literally measures gravity though. What they are referring to is that light telescopes show a distortion that may be due to the bending of light by intense gravity. It probably is due to that, but sometimes popular theories are incorporated into scientific language in a way that confuses those who don't understand the science. It might be neat to find a new planet in any case..... hope it 'reveals itself'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheya joie Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,054 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 351 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/15/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted February 16, 2011 Well, another thing about the gravity - the orbits of some of the comets coming in lately have been other than what was expected, so they think something of great gravity must be out there deflecting the comets out of their proper orbits. Keep in mind how far out they are talking about this thing being - roughly a quarter of a light year away! That's a long way out to be tracking something that does not shine with its own light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted February 16, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted February 16, 2011 Here are my questions. If we know enough about our solar system to know the makeup of all the planets, their moons and the asteroid belt, how could they miss such an object after all this time? To me, the logic of just not looking in the right place seems too weak to believe with all the technology we have at our fingertips. If we can be so certain about all this, how did they miss something so big? It's not like it just appeared, is it? Did God just make another planet? OneLight, if this is the Naburu thing, the theory is that it's a very large planet that is on an orbit that more resembles a comet. It spends almost all it's time very very far out. According to the theory it only comes around once ever 3,600 years and causes havoc with the rest of the solar system with it's strong gravity and magnetic fields. If there is truly such a thing it's due back around 2012 give or take a few years. Anyway for worry warts it gives us something to think about befides the Muslim Brotherhood taking over and chopping off our heads for not following them. Thanks. I have not been exposed to the term, or word, Neburu before. As for worrying, not a chance! What is to be, will be, and nothing I can do will change it. No amount of worrying ever changed anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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