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Dwarf planet discovery hints at a hidden Super Earth in solar system
Guardian ^

Posted on 03/29/2014 1:03:08 AM PDT by chessplayer

Astronomers have increased the size of the observable solar system after spotting a 450-km wide object orbiting the sun.

The lump of ice and rock circles the sun at a greater distance than any known object, and never gets closer than 12bn kilometres – 80 times the distance from Earth to the sun.

If its size is confirmed it could qualify as a dwarf planet in the same category as Pluto.

Though exciting in its own right, the discovery raises a more tantalising prospect for many astronomers: that a "Super Earth" up to 10 times the mass of our planet orbits the sun at such a great distance that it has never been seen.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 2012vp113; catastrophism; dwarfplanet; kbo; minorplanet; pinkplanet; xplanets
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41 posted on 03/29/2014 6:42:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: WhiskeyX; alexander_busek; PastorBooks; ImaGraftedBranch

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3138632/posts?page=38#38


42 posted on 03/29/2014 6:45:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Republican1795.; camle

Sitchin’s “12th Planet” was nonsense, but this 450 mile diameter asteroid wouldn’t be it, in any case.


43 posted on 03/29/2014 6:47:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: SunkenCiv

TNO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Neptunian_object


44 posted on 03/29/2014 7:11:57 AM PDT by WhiskeyX ( provides a system for registering complaints about unfair broadcasters and the ability to request a)
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To: chessplayer
Dwarf planet discovery hints at a hidden Super Earth in solar system

I believe that they are [unofficially] referring to this dwarf planet as "Biden" - (must refer to his dwarf brain) - and I'd like to send him there.

45 posted on 03/29/2014 7:19:18 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Who but a TYRANT shoves down another man's throat what he has exempted himself from?)
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To: chessplayer

Aw this is old hat. Zecharia Sitchin told us about this years ago.


46 posted on 03/29/2014 7:35:25 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Republican1795.

I think Niburu does not sweep back through our solar system for 14,000 more years, so we are safe for now.


47 posted on 03/29/2014 7:36:50 AM PDT by Patriot365
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To: chessplayer

I don’t get it. How does this make muslims feel good about themselves. Or is this not a NASA program?


48 posted on 03/29/2014 11:38:04 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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49 posted on 04/02/2014 11:29:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
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