Another blue planet is a real mystery in all respects
The newly discovered Ninth Planet (which is often called "Planet X" in the press) continues to excite the minds of scientists and the public. Recently it was possible to determine that it is a "blue planet", and not red, as previously thought. But there are more interesting things. It turns out that according to all mathematical calculations and models, its current orbit … is impossible in principle! And yet it is there.
Earlier this year, American scientists presented evidence for the existence of the Ninth Planet (aka Planet X) of the Solar System, a planet about the mass of Neptune, moving in an elliptical orbit at a distance of about 10 Sun-Pluto distances from our star. Since then, theorists have worked hard to describe the mechanism that would allow this planet to be in such a wide orbit around the Sun.
In a new study, NASA astronomers led by Konji Lee of the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Center, USA, conducted millions of computer simulations to assess the probabilities of three possible scenarios for the mysterious Ninth Planet. And its results, let's say, surprised many.
The first and most probable of the scenarios considered by the authors of the work assumes the passage of a star near the solar system, under the influence of gravity of which the orbit of Planet 9 expanded. However, in this scenario, it is much more probable that the planet will be completely pushed out of the solar system, and its current orbit is estimated at only about 5 percent - at best.
In addition, Lee's team considered two less likely origins for Planet Nine. According to the first of these versions, Planet 9 was captured from the planetary system of another star passing by the Sun, while the second version suggests that Planet 9 is a planet freely moving in space, which came close to the solar system. However, having considered both of these possibilities, the authors of the work come to the conclusion that the probability of each of them does not exceed two percent.
Thus, each of these three scenarios is practically very, very unlikely.
“The facts point to the existence of this planet, but we cannot yet explain exactly where it came from,” Lee said.
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But how then does Planet 9 exist and is in its current orbit?.. Is it not an artificial object or, in practical terms, a planetary object artificially placed in the required orbit, as some scientists have already suggested?
It is not worth rejecting this hypothesis, no matter how incredible it may seem. In the annals of the ancient Sumerians, there is mention of a planet with a highly elongated elliptical orbit (the so-called "Nibiru"), which aliens (Anunnaki) at that time used as their space base, possessing very advanced technologies …