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[Alpha Phoenix]

Amusingly, one of the astronomers who proposed this (Mike Brown) is the same person who 'killed' Pluto 10 years ago.

 

[psynergylover]

It's actually Harbinger waiting for humanity to reach it's apex in technology then will wipe us out...

Tread carefully TechGaf

 

[Mr Waluigi]

oh shit

 

[sphagnum]

Most definitely needs to be called Nemesis or Nibiru.

 

[Union Carbine]

Is that you, Nibiru?

 

[Makonero]

Most definitely needs to be called Nemesis or Nibiru.

Is that you, Nibiru?

niiiibiiiirruuuuu

 

[shoreu]

Michael Brown's book is a really good read. I highly recommend it.

He's also a great follow on Twitter if you like science.

My god I read this as how I killed Pluto and why Mike Brown had it coming.

 

[titiklabingapat]

I hope they stay with the Roman naming system. I love Sedna and all but it never really fit with the other planets.

 

[infinitys_7th]

So would this large planet theoretically be a gas planet or a rocky planet?

I seem to remember that has to do with distance from the sun - closer planets tend to have thinner atmospheres and stay rocky while ones further away accumulate gas (potentially to the point of collapse into a star, like Jupiter could have). I guess that trails off a lot, right? That would all be dependent on the morphology and density of the supernova dust cloud that formed the solar system.

Could this be a solid "ice" world of frozen methane?

 

[psylah]

XENA

 

[googleplex]

I loathe that movie with ever fiber on my being.

 

[EBE]

swamp gas

 

[Netherscourge]

Planet Nine from Outer Space?

 

[Shmuppers]

It would have to be a Kuiper Belt Object, wouldn't it?

 

[Tugatrix]

We should call it planet Bowie

 

[Walshicus]

Mondas

Or maybe that should be the next one.

I don't UNDERSTAND the-reference. Can. you-EXPLAIN. It?

 

[Obliterator]

Also if this is in the Ort Cloud no one in here will ever see this planet correct? We couldn't reach it with any kind of satellite in our lifetimes could we? Or am I messing up distances on that one. As far as I know the Ort Cloud has never been directly seen / observed.

 

[Walshicus]

Also if this is in the Ort Cloud no one in here will ever see this planet correct? We couldn't reach it with any kind of satellite in our lifetimes could we? Or am I messing up distances on that one. As far as I know the Ort Cloud has never been directly seen / observed.

It'd be a damn impressive piece of navigation and engineering, that's for sure. Probably could get there with a nuclear powered probe with a high dV engine and good planetary alignment.

 

[MMarston]

Brb gonna reschedule my wedding

 

[nick nacc]

This movie really affected me. Damn you for bringing up those feelings again.

 

[Chumpion]

Most definitely needs to be called Nemesis or Nibiru.

Nah, it should be named Urmomsanus.

 

[Dusk Soldier]

Science has finally found a way to spot the Black Moon.

 

[Grover]

Call it Hades

planets are named after roman gods

and pluto is already the roman counterpart to Hades

 

[mclem]

I don't UNDERSTAND the-reference. Can. you-EXPLAIN. It?

Go away, Mr. Chen. You're involved with the other lot.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

They're just finding it now?

I say its a Death Star/Starkiller base

 

[Version 3.0]

I really wish people would put what things like this are from.

That's the 1984 (I think) Transformers movie. This is the opening shot of Unicron, the planet-sized Transformer that wanders around eating other planets, kind of like Galactus.

 

[gutshot]

Also if this is in the Ort Cloud no one in here will ever see this planet correct? We couldn't reach it with any kind of satellite in our lifetimes could we? Or am I messing up distances on that one. As far as I know the Ort Cloud has never been directly seen / observed.

It's not quite as far out as the Oort cloud. The model predicts it would be, on average, about 580 AU away from the Sun. The Oort cloud is believed to begin at around 2,000 AU. And remember the orbit is believed to be elliptical, so it would get closer than 580 AU at times.

There was a proposed probe that was propelled via a solar sail that could make it out to 200 AU in approximately 15 years. So <580 AU is definitely achievable within one's lifetime.

 

[FunkyMonk]

Cool, though let's avoid going if they call it Nero, we don't want to unleash the Dark Legion right now!

 

[Hex]

Pluto has gone and called in big brother to deal with the bullies.

 

[joe2187]

 

[bengraven]

I really wish people would put what things like this are from.

 

[Choppasmith]

This got me.

Planet Goofy gets my vote. Gawsh.

"PLUTO!"
"You called "
"Uhh, my DOG, Pluto"

 

[FullMetaltech]

name it Goofy

Love it! Next thing you know they'll take it away again.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Tartarus

 

[Permanently A]

Maybe name it Hermes if its gone unnoticed for so long.

 

[Last Prime]

They should call it Vegeta.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

I, for one, hail our new Annunaki overlords

Love seeing this reference.

 

[Omegasquash]

It's not Nemesis, unless our tech is fucking awful.

 

[mckmas8808]

The universe is an incredible place, and our knowledge is surprisingly vast for how small we are within it. I read a passage from Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" 2003) a couple of weeks ago and found it fitting. it's a bit shortened in places, and perhaps paraphrased a bit, but mostly remains intact:



I'm not sure how scientifically accurate everything he discusses in here, but it's a really nice read thus far.

Man Astronomy is awesome!

 

[D4Danger]

Pluto II

Plutoo

nailed it

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Wow, this would be pretty cool if it turns out to be true. It really puts into perspective how little we know about even our own corner of space.

 

[BKJest]

As long as Bahamut isn't emerging from it.

 

[JoeInky]

It's just Pluto wearing a pair of groucho glasses.


Stop trying to get back into the planet club bro, we know it's you.

 

[qcf x2]

I really wish people would put what things like this are from.

You should install the Google Images add-on to your browser of choice. Right-click, Google this image = answers!

Spoiler

Unicron, as mentioned above

 

[Htown]

can I just say that science is cool as shit?

 

[Flynn77]

 

[foxuzamaki]

Don't watch that movie unless you want to stay in bed for a few days

It lives up to it's name.

This has my attention

 

[DBT85]

Planet X is real

It's coming right for us

Can we let them find planet IX first.

 

[PSqueak]

Pluto sr.

Big Pluto.

 

[CPS2]

People who read crop circles and the bible are way ahead of science. They've known about this for so long.