Posted on 02/28/2019 8:50:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The records include dates and times, Cesario said, which makes them useful to modern-day astronomers.
Planet Nine, if it exists, would have about 10 times the mass of Earth and orbit 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune does...
Scientists suspect the existence of Planet Nine because it would explain some of the gravitational forces at play in the Kuiper Belt, a stretch of icy bodies beyond Neptune. But no one has been able to detect the planet yet, though astronomers are scanning the skies for it with tools such as the Subaru Telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano.
Medieval records could provide another tool, said Pedro Lacerda, a Queen's University astronomer and the other leader of the project.
"We can take the orbits of comets currently known and use a computer to calculate the times when those comets would be visible in the skies during the Middle Ages," Lacerda told Live Science. "The precise times depend on whether our computer simulations include Planet Nine. So, in simple terms, we can use the medieval comet sightings to check which computer simulations work best: the ones that include Planet Nine or the ones that do not."
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Yup, the probe was launched before the discovery, and the trajectory of the probe was, quite fortuitously, compatible with a flyby. Sometimes the best plan is a little good luck. :^)
I'm sure the proof of Planet Nine was indeed baked into medieval pastries, but alas, all the evidence was eaten hundreds of years ago. Apart from the holiday fruitcake, those are still being regifted.
Let’s try that again...
Shoot him, shoot him now
please don’t shot me now
shoot him now
Oh no, please don’t shoot him now
shoot me now, .....wait
aha .. pronoun problems
Wyrmwood?
Only in medieval Australia.
Bugs Bunny:Shoot the duck!
Daffy Duck: Shoot the rabbit!
Bugs Bunny:Shoot the duck!
Daffy Duck:Shoot the duck, shoot the duck!
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