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New record distant object found in our Solar System:

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
While the discovery is fascinating, calling it the discovery of a ninth planet, for me, sounds a bit unremarkable considering I grew up thinking there were nine planets.
 

beenherebeforeagain

Rogue Animist
Premium Member
While the discovery is fascinating, calling it the discovery of a ninth planet, for me, sounds a bit unremarkable considering I grew up thinking there were nine planets.
they aren't calling it the ninth planet...the search is for the 'ninth' planet, now that they've demoted Pluto to Dwarf Planet.

The objects they've detected so far (Goblin, Farout, Farfarout, etc.) help to solve the suspected orbit of the ninth planet and eventually to find it...the gravity of the ninth planet affects the orbits of these smaller distant objects...
 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
they aren't calling it the ninth planet...the search is for the 'ninth' planet, now that they've demoted Pluto to Dwarf Planet.

The objects they've detected so far (Goblin, Farout, Farfarout, etc.) help to solve the suspected orbit of the ninth planet and eventually to find it...the gravity of the ninth planet affects the orbits of these smaller distant objects...

Thanks. I misread the article.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
While the discovery is fascinating, calling it the discovery of a ninth planet, for me, sounds a bit unremarkable considering I grew up thinking there were nine planets.
I don't think that they are quite making that claim yet, which is why I used the term "object". Almost certainly it would qualify as a dwarf planet.

EDIT: Oops, responded before I caught up. Never mind.
 

Ellen Brown

Well-Known Member
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/201...kly_2019-02-22&et_rid=40989465&et_cid=2682063

Nicknamed Farfarout since the previous distance winner Farout was discovered only in December. This new object is 140 AU from the Sun, three and half times further away than Pluto.

I had to smile when one commentator on youtube said that there was a theory that there were so many tiny objects that they could possibly equal the mass of 10x Earths, thus providing an explanation for the known orbital aberrations?

 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I had to smile when one commentator on youtube said that there was a theory that there were so many tiny objects that they could possibly equal the mass of 10x Earths, thus providing an explanation for the known orbital aberrations?

I am not an planetologist at all, but I do believe that there could be much more than 10 times the mass of the Earth in the Oort cloud. Let me check:

Oops, at least according to my first source it appears they estimate the mass of the Oort cloud is only 5 times that of the Earth, and they Kuiper belt is far far less than the mass of the Earth:

Oort cloud - Wikipedia

I don't know what they will find, but I still love to read of new discoveries.
 

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/astronomers-discover-solar-system-s-most-distant-object-The two sicoverisnicknamed-farfarout?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-02-22&et_rid=40989465&et_cid=2682063

Nicknamed Farfarout since the previous distance winner Farout was discovered only in December. This new object is 140 AU from the Sun, three and half times further away than Pluto.

The two discoveries, "far out" and "far far out" would most likely be classified as something like "planetoids" like Pluto. There are likely more.
 
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Ellen Brown

Well-Known Member
I am not an planetologist at all, but I do believe that there could be much more than 10 times the mass of the Earth in the Oort cloud. Let me check:

Oops, at least according to my first source it appears they estimate the mass of the Oort cloud is only 5 times that of the Earth, and they Kuiper belt is far far less than the mass of the Earth:

Oort cloud - Wikipedia

I don't know what they will find, but I still love to read of new discoveries.

I just read a lot. I'm no Scientist. :)
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I hereby claim it in the name of Revoltistan.
We're making it a national park, one with no public access.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
At least until the gravitation of the sun and the planets and the sun bring it into close orbit.
We've taken steps to keep it sequestered in an outer orbit for at least 10 million years.
Our gravitortional flensing vroomifyer can do this even on the low setting.
 

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
We've taken steps to keep it sequestered in an outer orbit for at least 10 million years.
Our gravitortional flensing vroomifyer can do this even on the low setting.

I would use it to bring it in now! Great real estate investment. I have always wanted a personal 'planetoid.'
 

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
We've taken steps to keep it sequestered in an outer orbit for at least 10 million years.
Our gravitortional flensing vroomifyer can do this even on the low setting.

I would use it to bring it in now! Great real estate investment. I have always wanted a personal 'planetoid.'
I noticed they are looking for the ninth giant planet to balance the Newtonian books. They will probably end up finding a bunch of little ones, enough for everyone to have one.
 

Kangaroo Feathers

Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
they aren't calling it the ninth planet...the search is for the 'ninth' planet, now that they've demoted Pluto to Dwarf Planet.

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