Full story from CalTech here:
http://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523 (http://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523)
And a vid:
What a great find. Thanks for posting that story, joeactor! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Recusant on January 21, 2016, 12:20:06 AM
What a great find. Thanks for posting that story, joeactor! :thumbsup:
Heard it on NPR - now it just has to be found by telescope, not just maths...
Since Pluto got demoted to Dwarf Planet status this is the 8th planet. As such it should be called Octarinia.
Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2016, 12:32:04 PM
Since Pluto got demoted to Dwarf Planet status this is the 8th planet. As such it should be called Octarinia.
No........
Pluto WAS the 9th planet. There are still 8 others!
Quote from: Claireliontamer on January 21, 2016, 01:04:26 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2016, 12:32:04 PM
Since Pluto got demoted to Dwarf Planet status this is the 8th planet. As such it should be called Octarinia.
No........
Pluto WAS the 9th planet. There are still 8 others!
Doh!
20,000 year orbit! Way out there, bigger than Earth, smaller than Neptune. May be hard to find.
Well shucks! That is the planet Kolab that Joseph Smith knew all about a hundred years ago, or more. Thats where the deceased Mormans go as you all well know.
Quote from: Icarus on January 24, 2016, 06:43:19 AM
Well shucks! That is the planet Kolab that Joseph Smith knew all about a hundred years ago, or more. Thats where the deceased Mormans go as you all well know.
I thought every dead Mormon got their own planet? Too lazy to Google the history now.
Quote from: Firebird on January 24, 2016, 05:19:13 PM
Quote from: Icarus on January 24, 2016, 06:43:19 AM
Well shucks! That is the planet Kolab that Joseph Smith knew all about a hundred years ago, or more. Thats where the deceased Mormans go as you all well know.
I thought every dead Mormon got their own planet? Too lazy to Google the history now.
It depends on how good they were. There are three different places people not going to hell (outer darkness), go, the best of the best get to create and rule their own planets.
One of my favourite youtube channels has made a really good explanation of this:
Thanks, Claire!
Good find. I subbed to the channel too...
Hm. So they are onto His Divine Base, are they? Well, we shall see about that! >:(
Quote from: Asmodean on February 11, 2016, 09:49:18 AM
Hm. So they are onto His Divine Base, are they? Well, we shall see about that! >:(
The Asmo from Planet Nine!
Yep. Sounds like a sixties sci-fi movie, doesn't it? :-)