what evidence there was...

Adam — 10/9/2005 9:16:35 PM (archived)

Hi Eric

Residuals in the motions of Uranus and Neptune hinted at a Planet X thus leading to Percival Lowell's planet X search and Clive Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto, but more accurate distances and masses for both thanks to Voyager 2 meant that the residuals evaporated.

Thus Percival Lowell's original Planet X disappeared from contention BUT...

As rightly pointed out in the late 1970s and recently revived by planet accretion theorists a lot of mass must've been scattered into orbits out past Pluto. We now know of the Kuiper Belt and the Scattered Disk, and we're on the verge of finding even more "planet Xs" than Lowell suspected - with the caveat that none of them seem gravitationally sufficient for the Pioneer sun-wards directed decceleration anomaly.

And none of them are Sitchin's Nibiru nor are they on steep elliptical orbits bound to intercept Earth.

Adam

The whole thread (43 posts)

Xena a POLL : Planet YES or NO - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/31/2005 11:00:27 PM
- Planet Classification - SDF - 8/2/2005 2:15:42 PM
- Old News... - Eric - 8/1/2005 3:59:47 AM
  - what evidence there was... - Adam - 10/9/2005 9:16:35 PM
  - Context - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2005 3:51:08 PM
    - See? It's that easy. - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 2:27:15 AM
    - But what about... Planet Y? - ljk - 8/3/2005 5:29:10 PM
  - Eric, Drop the secret plot B.S. - R.L. - 8/1/2005 6:01:11 AM
    - A lackluster place place this is..... - Lindy - 8/2/2005 3:52:07 PM
      - Complaints are welcome on the community board - R.L. - 8/2/2005 4:19:52 PM
- If it has an atmosphere, then Yes! - SteveS - 8/1/2005 2:52:55 AM
  - X, Y, Z... - Nick Hoffman - 8/2/2005 4:31:10 AM
  - So Mercury's Not A Planet? Is Titan A Planet? - Mark Eby - 8/1/2005 12:15:57 PM
    - re: So Mercury's Not A Planet? Is Titan A Planet? - ljk - 8/1/2005 2:18:28 PM
    - Why are you making it an either/or thing? - SteveS - 8/1/2005 1:08:45 PM
    - Everything orbits something eh? (n/t) - SDF - 8/1/2005 12:24:11 PM
      - Which is what it all boils down to - Robert - 8/2/2005 12:16:36 AM
        
        WWW first should be changed to UWW - Scott Evil - 8/3/2005 8:57:08 PM
        
        Oh no, please, YOU are welcome. Really (n/t) - Robert - 8/3/2005 9:14:27 PM
- Planet YES, Xena NO - Mark Eby - 8/1/2005 2:23:45 AM
  - Geez, a lot of Xenaphobia around here. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 2:29:22 AM
  - name the planet xena - natassa - 10/7/2005 7:49:42 PM
    - yes,xena is a great name - mary - 10/7/2005 7:54:57 PM
      - Hmmm. Some Xenaphilia, too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 2:29:47 AM
  - name the planet xena - natassa - 10/7/2005 7:49:39 PM
  - name the planet xena - natassa - 10/7/2005 7:49:37 PM
  - I always liked the name Aeolus. - Robert Clark - 8/1/2005 5:13:30 PM
- They named it XENA?!!! - R.L. - 7/31/2005 11:29:54 PM
  - Don't forget Planet Bob... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2005 2:28:56 AM
    - It is my favorite.... (n/t) - R.L. - 10/10/2005 2:50:26 AM
      - Oops... - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2005 4:04:17 AM
  - Geez, look at what scientists are naming Mars rocks around various probes, (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2005 3:53:43 PM
    - Yogi, Boo-boo, Rock Z27a - ljk - 8/3/2005 5:32:41 PM
  - Yes, you should get some sleep - Robert - 8/1/2005 3:43:02 AM
    - A human name could be taken from the Lord of the Rings novels - SDF - 8/1/2005 4:33:38 AM
      - re: A human name could be taken from the Lord of the Rings novels - ljk - 8/1/2005 1:35:31 PM
        
        All the other planets and moons, except Earth and the Moon, have the names of mythical characters - SDF - 8/1/2005 5:35:50 PM
        
        Gaea, Selene... - Adam - 10/10/2005 9:06:48 AM
        
        re: Gaea, Selene... - LJK - 10/10/2005 2:25:14 PM
- Hmmm, I wonder if Xena has a companion. - NYet - 7/31/2005 11:16:50 PM
  - Why can't the different class be planets also? - Buck Galaxy - 10/8/2005 10:48:11 PM
  - This is a VERY funny blast from the past!!! (n/t) - R.L. - 10/7/2005 11:40:49 PM
  - re: Hmmm, I wonder if Xena has a companion. - ljk - 8/2/2005 4:52:20 PM

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