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Cal Tech finds Planet Nine – Ten times the mass of the Earth – stalking our outer Solar System
according to the latest computer simulations from CalTech, Planet Nine (from outer Solar System) is a) ten times the mass of Earth b) orbits 20X further out than Neptune and c) has an orbit upwards of 20,000 years.
“Although we were initially quite skeptical that this planet could exist, as we continued to investigate its orbit and what it would mean for the outer solar system, we become increasingly convinced that it is out there,” says Batygin, an assistant professor of planetary science. “For the first time in over 150 years, there is solid evidence that the solar system's planetary census is incomplete.” [source CALTECH]
What is meant by that is, “They haven't actually seen Planet Nine yet,” it only exists as an element in a computer model… but they'll find it for sure, and when they do maybe they can tie in the eccentric orbit of this new Solar System inhabitant to what might have happened in 10,000 B.C. when the Younger Dryas (Kepier Belt nudged?) asteroid nearly wiped out the human race.
Source: http://mikephilbin.blogspot.com/2016/01/cal-tech-finds-planet-nine-ten-times.html
