Astronomy / Space Frontier - You missed a Planet

[Kayin]

Ack hem. When can I go see what this is for myself?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianko...ect-possible-super-earth-in-our-solar-system/

 

[fennster]

Ack hem. When can I go see what this is for myself?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianko...ect-possible-super-earth-in-our-solar-system/

That's pretty awesome, thanks..


You know what my prediction is, not for the actual discovery, but for the internet reaction. Nibiru.

 

[knowles2]

probably once someone can confirm:

a. Which star system it belongs to, Alpha Centeuri or Sol
b. What it is, Red dwarf star, brown dwarf star, a super Earth or a dwarf planet.

 

[TuxedoSteve]

I find the fact them saying it's more likely to be a 300AU 1.5x Earth to be ridiculous compared to the possibility of it being a 100AU smaller-than-pluto object... I mean.... the likelihood of an object forming 100AU away the size of pluto is already fairly low, but still entirely possible... but an object forming even farther away that's bigger than the Earth... really..?

 

[fennster]

I find the fact them saying it's more likely to be a 300AU 1.5x Earth to be ridiculous compared to the possibility of it being a 100AU smaller-than-pluto object... I mean.... the likelihood of an object forming 100AU away the size of pluto is already fairly low, but still entirely possible... but an object forming even farther away that's bigger than the Earth... really..?

There is no reason that it actually formed in the position it is today.

 

[Nyres]

I find the fact them saying it's more likely to be a 300AU 1.5x Earth to be ridiculous compared to the possibility of it being a 100AU smaller-than-pluto object... I mean.... the likelihood of an object forming 100AU away the size of pluto is already fairly low, but still entirely possible... but an object forming even farther away that's bigger than the Earth... really..?

Considering the epic game of gravitational bumper pool Jupiter and Saturn played early on in the solar system's life it wouldn't surprise me if a super earth got flung into an extremely far-long orbit. Also the whole Brown/Red Dwarf theory wouldn't surprise me either considering how many binary star systems there are in the galaxy. I have to say I'm really excited to see how this all plays out.

 

[Ian Phillips]

Duplicate https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=225694