UK Daily Express (and Daily Mail) : Huge ‘Super Earth’ planet ten ti

From: Andrew Johnson

Date: 2014-03-28 13:46:17

Attachments : I said in a recent presentation that Nibiru, if it is indeed orbiting around the earth, is nowhere near us. Some people don’t believe their own eyes however, so they’ll enjoy this recent report.   Thanks to Felicity for alerting me to it! (Story below is from the Express, Mail story here: www.dailymail.co.uk/…)   I’ll be impressed if the Express has quoted the paper accurately (I will try and look for a copy later on)   www.express.co.uk/ne… Huge ‘Super Earth’ planet ten times bigger than our own could be orbiting Sun A HUGE planet dubbed the “Super Earth”, which is ten times bigger than our own, could be orbiting the Sun at the far edge of the solar system. By: Dion Dassanayake Published: Thu, March 27, 2014 A huge planet ten times bigger than earth could be orbiting the Sun at the edge of the solar system[GETTY] Scientists today revealed the massive planet may be located past the Kuiper Belt, a comet-rich area which is also home to dwarf planet Pluto.The revelation comes after the most distant dwarf planet orbiting the sun, called the 2012 VP113, was discovered by astronomers.A study published in journal Nature said the similarity in orbits of this new 280 mile wide dwarf planet and the Sedna dwarf planet points to an undiscovered “Super Earth”. The massive planet may be located past the Kuiper Belt [NATIONAL] This is an extraordinary result that redefines our understanding of our solar system Dr Linda Elkins-Tanton Dr Linda Elkins-Tanton, of the Carnegie Institution in America, said: “This is an extraordinary result that redefines our understanding of our solar system.” The 2012 VP113 dwarf planet is located at the very edge of the solar system in a region called the Oort cloud.It was discovered by researchers high up the Chilean Andes mountains using the new Dark Energy Camera (DECam).Dr Sheppard said: “Some of these inner Oort cloud objects could rival the size of Mars or even Earth. “This is because many of the inner Oort cloud objects are so distant even very large ones would be too faint to detect with current technology.” The revelation comes after the most distant dwarf planet orbiting the sun was discovered [NATIONAL] The 2012 VP113 dwarf planet lies 80 times further from the Sun than the Earth is.Researchers in the Andes calculated that around 900 objects which have orbits like Sedna and 2012 VP113 could exist at the edge of the solar system.The object would be larger in diameter than 1,000km (621 miles). Pluto is also classified as a dwarf planet and has a diameter of 2,302km (1.430 miles)    

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