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How soon will planet 9 be found?
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
On Tuesday Nov. 29, 2016 the science channel aired a program dedicated to providing us with what is known and speculated about the discovery of a new large planet in our solar system dubbed planet 9. Although the astronomers interviewed are all positive that the planet exists no one has actually located the object. Most of the program was filled with speculation about the composition and history of the planet. It is estimated that it is about 10 earth masses and can either be rocky, a small gas planet or icey like Pluto. Who knows? Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22188 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
At ten earth masses it is most certainly not "Pluto-like". That size would put it into the Neptune category at least. The problem of detecting Planet Nine is that it is a long way out, is relatively cold, dark. The best chance of finding it I think will be when it occludes a number of stars. Of course the more observations of disturbances in the orbits of other distant Solar-orbiting bodies will give us a better idea where to look - just now we have to look at its entire probable orbital envelope and hope for the best. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
On Tuesday Nov. 29, 2016 the science channel aired a program dedicated to providing us with what is known and speculated about the discovery of a new large planet in our solar system dubbed planet 9. Although the astronomers interviewed are all positive that the planet exists no one has actually located the object. Most of the program was filled with speculation about the composition and history of the planet. It is estimated that it is about 10 earth masses and can either be rocky, a small gas planet or icey like Pluto. Who knows? If it's there, we'll never find it if we stay away from the coasts. Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
On Tuesday Nov. 29, 2016 the science channel aired a program dedicated to providing us with what is known and speculated about the discovery of a new large planet in our solar system dubbed planet 9. Although the astronomers interviewed are all positive that the planet exists no one has actually located the object. Most of the program was filled with speculation about the composition and history of the planet. It is estimated that it is about 10 earth masses and can either be rocky, a small gas planet or icey like Pluto. Who knows? I don't understand your reply. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Cosmic_Ocean Send message Joined: 23 Dec 00 Posts: 3027 Credit: 13,516,867 RAC: 13 |
If it's there, we'll never find it if we stay away from the coasts. It's a Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' reference. "The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. Recently, we've waded a little way out, and the water seems inviting." So in other words, we have to get away from the coast of the cosmic ocean and make our way out away from the shore. Linux laptop: record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up) |
Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 12273 Credit: 8,569,109 RAC: 79 |
On Tuesday Nov. 29, 2016 the science channel aired a program dedicated to providing us with what is known and speculated about the discovery of a new large planet in our solar system dubbed planet 9. Although the astronomers interviewed are all positive that the planet exists no one has actually located the object. Most of the program was filled with speculation about the composition and history of the planet. It is estimated that it is about 10 earth masses and can either be rocky, a small gas planet or icey like Pluto. Who knows? OK, stay in the heartland and don't find it. :) Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
If it's there, we'll never find it if we stay away from the coasts. Thanks, I get it now. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Last year, scientists spotted signs which offered a hint that there is a huge, unseen world lurking at the edge of our solar system – ‘Planet Nine’. The giant, hidden planet is thought to be 10 times more massive than Earth – and on an orbit which takes 10,000 or 20,000 years to go round the sun. But the story of Planet 9 might be even odder than first believed – as scientists say it may once have been a ‘rogue’, free-roaming planet which was captured by our solar system. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mysterious-planet-9-orbiting-our-sun-could-be-a-rogue-planet-from-outside-the-solar-system-145135713.html |
John McCallum Send message Joined: 5 Dec 04 Posts: 877 Credit: 599,458 RAC: 8 |
Last year, scientists spotted signs which offered a hint that there is a huge, unseen world lurking at the edge of our solar system – ‘Planet Nine’. possibly it is I was watching The Sky at Night 2016 roundup and they were doing an item on it and they drew the orbit they think it has and it was VERY eccentric moving in quit close to the outer Kuiper Belt then out to the oorte cloud. Old enough to know better(but)still young enough not to care |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Last year, scientists spotted signs which offered a hint that there is a huge, unseen world lurking at the edge of our solar system – ‘Planet Nine’.It's all conjecture, no proof at all. Why are people so wanting it to be true??? +1 Yes the wild speculation that goes on about planet 9 in particular and exoplanets in general amazes me. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Mithotar Send message Joined: 11 Apr 01 Posts: 88 Credit: 66,037,385 RAC: 50 |
Kinda like looking for intelligent life in the universe using one narrow part of a radio telescope signal..... You have to look to find either (Planet 9 or ET) and giving your search a range of criteria to search within is a good place to start.... Or in other words its human nature to speculate on all kinds of things................... 2 cents ymmv And all that |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
According to the science channel astronomers have already narrowed down the area to be searched for planet 9. But is still a big patch of space. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Advent42 Send message Joined: 23 Mar 17 Posts: 175 Credit: 4,015,683 RAC: 0 |
I think it will in all probability be found before 2020. Quite possibly before it even.... |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
It's many images to search through. Help is needed. Is there a large planet at the fringes of our solar system awaiting discovery, a world astronomers call Planet Nine? We’re looking for this planet and for new brown dwarfs in the backyard of the solar system using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. But we need your help! Finding these dim objects requires combing through the images by eye to distinguish moving celestial bodies from ghosts and other artifacts. There are too many images for us to search through by ourselves. So come join the search, and you might find a rogue world that's nearer to the Sun than Proxima Centauri---or even the elusive Planet Nine. https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/marckuchner/backyard-worlds-planet-9 |
Chris904395093209d Send message Joined: 1 Jan 01 Posts: 112 Credit: 29,923,129 RAC: 6 |
The question however still needs to be asked. What difference would it make to our world on earth if there was a 9th planet ? Would it cure cancers, stop wars, eradicate poverty? It's fascinating to know a 9th planet may exist, but that's it. It would have no affect on life on earth. ~Chris |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Scientists may have evidence to confirm mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ It’s been a while now since astronomers began openly discussing the possibility of a ninth planet in our solar system — and no, it’s not Pluto. Now, thanks to a new citizen science effort to detect and identify a mysterious, previously unknown world lurking near the edge of our celestial neighborhood, researchers actually have a handful of possible candidates. https://youtu.be/6poHQ2h00ZA Video |
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