A New Planet Discovered?

[ZaraBeth420]

I read some article a couple days ago that said Nasa has discovered another planet in our solar system. WTF?

Nasa is supposed to know of planets that circle other stars trillions upon trillions of miles away, and yet they missed this planet in our own solar system for all this time?

And we trust these people and give them a huge space budget every year?

Didn't they also forget to give the Hubble space telescope an eye test before they launched it?

 

[Antman15]

I'm thinking it said it was a theory and that they are looking for signs to prove it.....something like that. Nothing that they have actually found yet....http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-math-and-not-a-telescope-may-have-found-a-new-planet/

 

[bizarrojohnson]

Still pretty exciting tho. But it's still too far away to be inhabitable by us so......we're still fucked.

 

[heckler73]

It makes me wonder if Dr. Steve Brule knew more than what he was telling.

Still pretty exciting tho. But it's still too far away to be inhabitable by us so......we're still fucked.

 

[Sativied]

It makes me wonder if Dr. Steve Brule knew more than what he was telling.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

I read some article a couple days ago that said Nasa has discovered another planet in our solar system. WTF?

Nasa is supposed to know of planets that circle other stars trillions upon trillions of miles away, and yet they missed this planet in our own solar system for all this time?

And we trust these people and give them a huge space budget every year?

Didn't they also forget to give the Hubble space telescope an eye test before they launched it?

it's been a popular theory amongst astronomists for yrs, if not decades.
The difference of the elliptical path for Uranus and pluto is what made them look for it, problem is it's so far away, and likely the same reflection as a piece of coal, so try to find that in the night sky...
But the elliptical pattern of Pluto in specific is what made them curious about it. It's the only planet that has a tilted elliptical orbit
That and the fact that our solar system isn't a binary system, like most, so they also theorize that a large failed star may be out there as well, many times the mass of jupiter, but in the further reaches of our solar system.
I read about this about 10 yrs ago or so.
But it's been a popular theory for yrs now.
Cool shit.
Here is a pic of what I mean about the elliptical orbit being odd.

the theory is there is a mass of something huge enough to tug at pluto as it orbits the sun..
SOMETHING is pulling it away...

 

[heckler73]

the theory is there is a mass of something huge enough to tug at pluto as it orbits the sun..
SOMETHING is pulling it away...

Gravity is not the only governor of orbits.
There is a possibility electromagnetism has a larger role to play than (not) originally considered.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Gravity is not the only governor of orbits.
There is a possibility electromagnetism has a larger role to play than (not) originally considered.

not likely, but you did say "possibility"..
no way electromagnetism can move a planet's mass like that, especially at that perfect rate.
not unless it's a completely new phenomena (which, lets admit it, who knows for sure)
But physics wouldn't allow that type of orbit, from electromagnetism, not to mention what would possibly be causing that intense of a current, and still NOT be observable by our instruments.
I mean, sure MAYBE if the entire planet of pluto (impossible, because it's covered in frozen methane, nitrogen, etc) but if it was made of a ferrous material , that was somehow magnetized, and then there was an opposite planet with the opposite polarity, and they both had the same mass... with the exact SAME elliptical orbits, and the opposing planet would need a mass at it's center of orbit to be influencing it's path also (another star), etc, etc, etc...
It's fun to think of, but as far as everything I've ever read on our solar system/physics/etc...
Highly unlikely

 

[akdoh]

not likely, but you did say "possibility"..
no way electromagnetism can move a planet's mass like that, especially at that perfect rate.
not unless it's a completely new phenomena (which, lets admit it, who knows for sure)
But physics wouldn't allow that type of orbit, from electromagnetism, not to mention what would possibly be causing that intense of a current, and still NOT be observable by our instruments.
I mean, sure MAYBE if the entire planet of pluto (impossible, because it's covered in frozen methane, nitrogen, etc) but if it was made of a ferrous material , that was somehow magnetized, and then there was an opposite planet with the opposite polarity, and they both had the same mass... with the exact SAME elliptical orbits, and the opposing planet would need a mass at it's center of orbit to be influencing it's path also (another star), etc, etc, etc...
It's fun to think of, but as far as everything I've ever read on our solar system/physics/etc...
Highly unlikely

I agree EM can't be strong enough by itself, but the force of gravity and EM could work together more than we currently understand.

 

[heckler73]

no way electromagnetism can move a planet's mass like that, especially at that perfect rate.
not unless it's a completely new phenomena (which, lets admit it, who knows for sure)
But physics wouldn't allow that type of orbit, from electromagnetism, not to mention what would possibly be causing that intense of a current, and still NOT be observable by our instruments.

 

[Joe Blows Trees]

I'm still confused on why I was taught in school there were 9 planets, Pluto included. Fast forward to 2016 and there's more planets not including Pluto.

 

[akdoh]

I'm still confused on why I was taught in school there were 9 planets, Pluto included. Fast forward to 2016 and there's more planets not including Pluto.

The definition of a planet changed once people saw how small Pluto was, smaller than our moon. In reality in the Kuiper Belt there are several larger objects which could be dwarf planets given some more time to be shaped into spherical objects.

 

[Theresa Dorminey]

I know right? What about that mnemonic our teacher thought us to help us memorize the planets in the solar system. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. The pizza's gone now.

 

[ThickStemz]

I was seeing a lot of stuff last year on Nibiru or something like that, supposedly it was supposed to be coming soon and destroying life on earth or something.

But I would like to comment that it is far easier to observe the effects of a planet orbiting another star than it is for us to observe a planet at the far reaches of our solar system. I know that's counter intuitive, but its the truth.

 

[Nutes and Nugs]

 

[heckler73]

When do I throw the toast at the screen?
It's been so long, I forgot...

 

[Forrest White]

There are lots of planets similar to the Earth, but the main part of them after further exploration turn to be not quite well for a living. The mission NASA sends for looking for the planets has to identify the planets using the restricted parameters so that we could send the mission and be sure the planet suits us.

 

[JacobRaw]

NASA had discovered, discovers, and will discover new planets. And it doesn't mean that all the money we give them go to waste. It would be best if you went a little bit deeper into space exploration to understand that we can't yet explore all Solar System, and it's okay to discover new planets. We should be happy for our aerospace industry and not blame NASA for embezzlement.

 

[V256.420]

5 year old thread but a goodie.

No, no one discovered Planet 9 as of yet. If it is out there it will take years for it to move enough that would make it noticeable............and that's only if it reflects enough light to be seen.