New Scientists Rediscover Planet X
by Ancient Code
According to reports from two separate teams of researchers
from Sweden and Mexico, two distant objects have been found lurking the outer
edges of our solar system.
One of the objects, scientists say, could be a
“super-Earth”, a mega-planet with an orbit six times greater than that of
Pluto.
Both teams made their observations after reviewing data they
had gathered from ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array).
Researchers were examining the star system Alpha Centauri
and W Aquilae when they noticed mysterious objects moving across their field of
vision. Although they were not able to determine the exact distance, speed and
brightness, it is very unlikely that they discovered a new star but rather
planets.
To the surprise of researchers, the objects seem to move
relative to the stars seen in their background which suggests they are
relatively close and are orbiting the sun.
For decades researchers have been looking for Planet X, also
called Nibiru by some, a planet that supposedly lies somewhere in the far outer
reaches of our solar system, a dark giant planet causing gravitational
anomalies in the orbits of Neptune.
Interestingly, when astronomers were looking for Planet-x in
1846, beyond the orbit of Uranus they discovered Neptune: when they looked
beyond Neptune they discovered Pluto in 1930.
Since then, astronomers have been searching for the ultimate
planet of our solar system that could explain some of the gravitational
anomalies said to occur in the orbits of some Gas Giants in our Solar System.
The Swedish team named the new celestial body Gná, who in
Norse mythology is the goddess who runs errand in other world for the goddess
Frigg, riding a flying, sea-treading horse called Hófvarpnir.
The team of astronomers told the press they had no intention
of suggesting that they actually discovered the infamous planet X which is said
to lie somewhere out there, beyond the orbit of Pluto.
The study published in Arxiv caught the attention of many colleagues
and, as expected, became a tempting target for skeptics who think that the
group of astronomers observed supercooled brown dwarfs, ie, ‘failed stars’.
Although the scientific study did not completely rule out
the latter possibility, it emphasizes that both objects are presented as good
candidates for the so-called “Planet X”.
In the study, published on December 8, the authors write:
"The
unprecedented sensitivity of the Atacama Large millimeter/submillimeter array
(ALMA) is providing many new discoveries. Several of these are serendipitous to
the original goal of the observations. We report the discovery of previously
unknown continuum sources, or a single fast moving new source, in our ALMA
observations. Here we aim to determine the nature of the detections.
"The
detections, at >5.8σ in the image plane and >14σ in the (u,v)−plane, were
made in two epochs of ALMA observations of a 25arc second region around the
asymptotic giant branch star W Aql in the continuum around 345 GHz. At a third
epoch, covering 50x50 arcseconds, the source(s) were not seen.
"We have
investigated if the detections could be spurious, if they could constitute a
population of variable background sources, or if the observations revealed a
fast moving single object. Based on our analysis, we conclude that a single
object (with a flux of ∼3.0 mJy) exhibiting a large proper
motion (∼87 arcsec/yr) is the most likely explanation.
"Until the
nature of the source becomes clear, we have named it Gna. Unless there are yet
unknown, but significant, issues with ALMA observations, we have detected a
previously unknown objects in our solar system. Based on proper motion analysis
we find that, if it is gravitationally bound, Gna is currently located at 12−25
AU distance and has a size of ∼220−880 km.
"Alternatively it is a much larger, planet-sized, object,
gravitationally unbound, and located within ∼4000 AU, or beyond (out
to ∼0.3~pc)
if it is strongly variable. Our observations highlight the power of ALMA in
detecting possible solar system objects, but also show how multiple epoch
observations are crucial to identify what are otherwise probably assumed to be
extra-galactic sources."
Planet X has remained as a theoretical world in the views of
many, a planet that would explain some of the orbitational anomalies of Neptune
and Uranus.
Astrophysicist Brian Koberlein said the only way to know
what the celestial object represents is by further study.
"The only way
to know for sure is to gather more observations. Either by monitoring the
objects movement or by collecting observations in other wavelengths we can
finally get an idea of their size and distance. Whether we are looking at a
dwarf planet, a super-Earth or a small star, it seems clear that something is
lurking at the outer edge of our solar system."
Alexander: Planet X has been rediscovered many times since
its discovery, in 1846, by many different teams of scientists, but it never
makes it into the history books. Most of the times, the mainstream media
doesn't even report the discovery, so that the people will go on with their
lives and simply forget about it. The Powers That Be don't want us to know
about it, but these scientists keep rediscovering it.
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