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2016-01-21 Science & Technology

Our solar system has an unseen child, new study suggests

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Posted by Fred 2016-01-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Nemesis!

Posted by Shipman 2016-01-21 06:44|| 2016-01-21 06:44|| Front Page Top

#2 The hypothetical Nemesis supposedly orbits on a 27-million year cycle.

There's also lots of stuff in the Oort Cloud that we're probably not seeing and don't know about, either.

Maybe we're due.......

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-01-21 08:23|| 2016-01-21 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "(T)he Sun is not part of a binary star system. There has never been any evidence to suggest a companion. The idea has been disproved by several infrared sky surveys, most recently the WISE mission. If there were a brown dwarf companion, these sensitive infrared telescopes would have detected it."
— David Morrison, Astrobiology Senior Scientist, October 17, 2012

As soon as some thought leader says something IS NOT, I begin to believe.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-01-21 11:24|| 2016-01-21 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 A brown dwarf is a failed star, not a planet. It would be warm to the touch so it should appear in an infrared search. The new object is suspected to be a planet 10 times or so bigger than the earth and at least 200 times further from the sun. It just wouldn't reflect much light. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. The jury is still out.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-21 11:34|| 2016-01-21 11:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Closest approach would be 700 AU. Farthest spaceship has just reached 130 AU after 37 years of flight. So with a chemical rocket you could send something that might get in the general area of Planet X (if it exists) by mid 2400's.

So don't hold lunch.

Posted by 3dc 2016-01-21 12:59|| 2016-01-21 12:59|| Front Page Top

#6 So with a chemical rocket you could send something that might get in the general area of Planet X (if it exists) by mid 2400's.

Would James Tiberius Kirk meet them there then?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-01-21 13:32|| 2016-01-21 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 TOS or the reboot?

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-01-21 15:14|| 2016-01-21 15:14|| Front Page Top

#8 It's a Utopian planet called Liberalia. In case anyone wants to go there, Earth will be building three large ships to colonize the planet. The first one will be leaving in 2020, and will be taking all the liberals. The next two will be built and will take off in the following 20 years or so . . . .

Posted by gorb 2016-01-21 15:21|| 2016-01-21 15:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Gorb, why am I reminded of "The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" and telephone sanitizers?

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-21 15:29|| 2016-01-21 15:29|| Front Page Top

#10 Or Marvin...........

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-01-21 16:41|| 2016-01-21 16:41|| Front Page Top

#11 "That's no moon!"

Posted by Frank G 2016-01-21 20:37|| 2016-01-21 20:37|| Front Page Top

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