Japanese astrophysicists suggest possibility ...
johnkeeb
… of hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt, 500 AU out from Sol, based on studying Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) orbits. They posit a planet, mass 1.5 to 3 of Earth, inclination about 30 degrees and an orbit taking the planet between 250 and 500 AU from Sol.
See https://phys.org/news/2023-09-japanese-astrophysicists-possibility-hidden-planet.html
Thanks!
John
Andy Lloyd
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Andy Lloyd
New Evidence for a Kuiper Belt Planet X
The theoretical basis for the existence of a large Planet X body continues to build, in spite of years of painstaking observations failing to reveal its actual whereabouts. The latest in a long line of science papers on this subject describes the results of computer simulations using a wide tranche of data sets about various features of out outer solar system, carried out by Japanese scientists (1, 2).
It concludes that there is an Earth-sized body located some 200 astronomical units away, describing an orbit that is inclined by 30 degrees from the ecliptic. This is much closer, and smaller, than the Super-Earth-sized Planet Nine proposed back in 2016 (3). It is larger, but further away, than the Mars-sized planet proposed by Brunini and Melita back in 2002 (4).
All these studies agree that Planet X must have an inclination of about 30 degrees. This, in turn, is in agreement with Zecharia Sitchin's proposal for a Planet X body - which he famously named 'Nibiru' (5). What is startling about the newest proposal from Japan is that it also roughly agrees with Sitchin about the distance of the object (although not the very extreme orbit he favoured).
I have carefully raked over and presented all of the available evidence for Planet X in my 2019 book Darker Stars (6). There is undeniably a case for its existence, supported by strong scientific evidence. In the book, I also detailed the counterarguments about what that evidence may represent (6). No doubt, similar arguments will now appear around the latest Japanese proposal. In this case, however, the Japanese have included a new and rather compelling consideration, alongside testable predictions:
"Furthermore, the proposed KBP is compatible with the existence of identified gigayear-stable TNOs in the 2:1, 5:2, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, and 6:1 Neptunian mean motion resonances. These stable populations are often neglected in other studies. We predict the existence of an Earth-like planet and several TNOs on peculiar orbits in the outer solar system, which can serve as observationally testable signatures of the putative planet's perturbations.”(2)
This seems to throw down the gauntlet to the naysayers, many of whom work for the very same organisation that this paper's observational data was drawn from (OSSOS).
The issue remains. Where is this thing? Why has it not yet been found, despite all the individual efforts and the increasingly detailed imagery provided to astronomers by their remarkable modern instruments?
I can't prove it, but the longer this impasse goes on, the more it looks like information suppression. How could that be possible within a scientific community that prides itself on data sharing and the dissemination of knowledge? Well, there may be a sensitive dimension around this undiscovered planet that might interest governments and military. Not because of any impending, in-coming catastrophe. But because of what it potentially represents about us and our origins (and, therefore, as we digest that information, our future, too).
Could such information really be suppressed? I'd argue that it can. The realpolitik of science involves hierarchy, funding and herd-instinct. Conference agendas, journal publications, and research proposals are all strictly managed. Powerful figures within academia and industry are more than capable of leaning on more junior researchers when an anomaly pops up that doesn't fit prevailing consensus opinion. Indeed, I'm aware of cases where this has happened. Then there are the many strong links between science research and military interests.
Again, none of these real-life considerations prove anything, and I have no smoking-gun to present to you, dear reader. But when the simulation data consistently clashes with astronomical observation for years and years and years, then it starts to look increasingly like something is seriously awry.
Written by Andy Lloyd, 5th September 2023
1) Bob Yirka "Japanese astrophysicists suggest possibility of hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt" 1 Sept 2023,
2 Patryk Sofia Lykawka and Takashi Ito "Is There an Earth-like Planet in the Distant Kuiper Belt?" The Astronomical Journal, 166: 118, September 2023
3) Konstantin Batygin & Michael Brown "Evidence for a distant giant planet in the solar system." The Astronomical Journal, 20 January 2016, 151(2). Available at:
4) Adrian Brunini & Mario Melita "The existence of a planet beyond 50AU and the orbital distribution of the classical Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects" Icarus, 1, 160: pp32-43, 2002
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5) Zecharia Sitchin "The Twelfth Planet" Avon, 1976
6) Andy Lloyd "Darker Stars" Timeless Voyager Press, 2019
Sent: 04 September 2023 15:41
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Subject: RE: Japanese astrophysicists suggest possibility ...
Agreed! Hopefully astronomers can actually find the dang thing this time!
Thanks!
John
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