Too weird to be believed: a new planet in the solar system? – Bye Bye Planet Pluto – BBC science

Posted by admin on October 21st, 2009 and filed under solarsystem | 25 Comments »

Astronomers have a massive breakthrough as they discover a weird and very bright extraordinary object in the far reaches of our solar system. Is it a planet? Is it a block of ice? Whatever it is, it’s bigger than Pluto. Fascinating science video from BBC Horizon show ‘Bye Bye Planet Pluto.’

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25 Responses

  1. dankcharlie666 Says:

    hahaha the black …
    hahaha the black guy was hilarious!

  2. KMNthuree Says:

    don’t worry the …
    don’t worry the planets will find us, if not a comet will =)

  3. chumbawomba Says:

    They are not KBOs – …
    They are not KBOs – there are over 30 exoplanets out there past Pluto – documented and observed.
    2012 galactic alignment may reverse our poles – put the planet will not flip – the only thing that will happen during a pole shift is a change in coriolis effect. Solar flare burst are potentially disastrous to our energy grid. Tesla towers are the key – Tesla was a genius way ahead of his time and by FAR the greatest inventor of the modern era.
    peace

  4. keviish Says:

    What about the …
    What about the Hubble telescope ? We have seen pictures of other galaxys and to the beginning of the universe. How come they dont see all the planets in this solarsystem then or why dont they have close up pictures of the planets in the solarsystem or this galaxy?

  5. ijunkie Says:

    Yeah! Get over it …
    Yeah! Get over it LOOOOL They are KBOs it! Kuiper would not be pleased…

  6. Twicebakedtaters Says:

    The end comment is …
    The end comment is childish. Now if the object rotates on an orbital axis then it’s a planet.

  7. JesusGotPwnd Says:

    Great ending, Lol
    Great ending, Lol

  8. StoneCypher Says:

    Edgeworth-Kuiper …
    Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt objects are objects in the large band of objects theorized by Fred Whipple and independantly Frederick Leonard, later more concretely by Kenneth Edgeworth, then later given a hypothetical origin by Gerard Kuiper, in 1930, 1933, 1943 then 1951 respectively. The belt was first actually observed by David Jewett in 1987.

    The Kuiper belt spans roughly 42-28 AU from the sun (outside Neptune’s orbit, way inside the Oort Cloud.)

  9. CockSm0ker Says:

    Maybe in this solar …
    Maybe in this solar system, but I doubt that goes for the whole universe.

  10. ealts Says:

    “Get over it.”

    – …
    “Get over it.”

    –perfect.

  11. SaintBroken Says:

    kyperbelt objects. …
    kyperbelt objects. Its the outer asteroid belt of the solar system.

  12. SaintBroken Says:

    well we arent …
    well we arent exactly one of the giants of the solar system, but we are still one of the most special of all the planets. Sometimes tiny dots can move mountains. ;)

  13. FatalFist Says:

    But it’s barely …
    But it’s barely bigger than pluto, which is what annoys me. I want them to find Nibiru which is supposedly as large as Jupiter, I want a fantastic display not a tiny iny bitty dot.

  14. FatalFist Says:

    It’s the area …
    It’s the area dominating the outer edges of the solar system housing tons of asteroids.

  15. Twicebakedtaters Says:

    What the is a …
    What the is a kyperbel object?

  16. whato1986 Says:

    nice ending
    nice ending

  17. richard0016 Says:

    what are you …
    what are you looking for mr x

  18. LordSirpiko Says:

    its even got a moon …
    its even got a moon!

    Cant believe we abandoed it lol

  19. jabahut1 Says:

    Wow, that was a …
    Wow, that was a secret to them. They have no idea what is really out there. We could see Nibiru now from Chile, now that’s a secrete. Nibiru is about 3 times the size of the Earth.

  20. retrocareermelted Says:

    he makes a good …
    he makes a good point, it is just a giant ball of ice orbiting in the dark

  21. Odium1981 Says:

    Haha yeah! He’s …
    Haha yeah! He’s like get ovah it, suckah!

  22. Ryrofl Says:

    “we should keep …
    “we should keep this secret… and my wife is pregnant – can you keep that secret too? okay thanks guys filming a tv show that’ll be braodcast all over the world.” great scientist, eh. haha

  23. 8888themaster8888 Says:

    they already have .
    they already have .

  24. 8888themaster8888 Says:

    they know a of …
    they know a of alot more than there lettin’ up . i bet you there is life on nibiru/planet x . ineterlgent life . not that that will even matter . oh and the proff is the red gaint that is its sun .

  25. 8888themaster8888 Says:

    this guys actually …
    this guys actually right think about all the worlds major problems , its people people kill people there are even some people who will eat other people than starve . people . people . the earth could never over populate . people would just eat each other .
    people people ……….. people .
    lol

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