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"Aernus", A proposed new planet in the Kuiper Belt
ustrax
post Oct 11 2007, 08:40 AM
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Tomorrow at DPS Patryk Lykawka will make a presentation where he points out to the existence of a planet with the diameter of the Earth at 100AU.

I received his answers regarding the work done yesterday, here's some of it (the rest is you know where...):

"This massive planetesimal would be, now, at this moment in the history of the Solar System, orbiting the Sun at a distance of, at least, 100 AU, or, simplifying, 3 to 4 times more distant from our star than Pluto.
A far, massive, transplutonian planet in the Lykawka’s description who remarks the importance that the orbital evolution of this planet may be the key to answer several unexplained enigmas of the Kuiper Belt, among which he points out a few…:
The excitation actually observed in the region between 40 and 50 AU is one, another are the populations of different types of objects in the Belt and their orbital characteristics.
Another two pieces of the puzzle can also be put into place under Patrik work: the Belt’s truncated region in the 48 AU region and its small total mass."

What's your opinion regarding this?...
According to him this is not like Planet X, his study even erases Planet X from the map...

EDITED: "Aernus" is the name I'm using, it was the divinity of the Zoelae, a pre-historic tribe that lived in the most remote corner of my country...


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- ustrax   "Aernus"   Oct 11 2007, 08:40 AM
- - ngunn   Interesting. A massive distant planet is one way t...   Oct 11 2007, 09:14 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 11 2007, 10:14 AM) Int...   Oct 11 2007, 09:20 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 11 2007, 02:14 AM) Int...   Oct 14 2007, 02:55 PM
|- - ustrax   I've asked David Tholen (the responsible for t...   Oct 15 2007, 10:06 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 15 2007, 11:06 AM) He...   Oct 15 2007, 11:57 AM
- - nprev   <sigh>. I knew this would happen...time to c...   Oct 11 2007, 09:36 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 11 2007, 10:36 AM) Jus...   Oct 11 2007, 11:09 AM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 11 2007, 11:09 AM) So...   Oct 11 2007, 04:39 PM
|- - David   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Oct 11 2007, 04:39 PM...   Oct 11 2007, 08:26 PM
|- - Pavel   QUOTE (David @ Oct 11 2007, 04:26 PM) You...   Jun 20 2008, 07:55 PM
- - belleraphon1   ustrax and all... regarding Aernus' composit...   Oct 11 2007, 01:08 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Oct 11 2007, 02:08 ...   Oct 11 2007, 01:32 PM
- - alan   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 11 2007, 03:40 AM) To...   Oct 11 2007, 04:26 PM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (alan @ Oct 11 2007, 09:26 AM) does...   Oct 12 2007, 01:36 PM
- - Greg Hullender   So was the presentation given? Is it available on...   Oct 12 2007, 04:46 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Oct 12 2007, 05:4...   Oct 12 2007, 04:57 PM
|- - ustrax   Here's a quick update, Lykawka sounded a bit s...   Oct 13 2007, 01:45 PM
- - nprev   Damn...those are by far the tightest time constrai...   Oct 14 2007, 02:11 AM
- - SigurRosFan   Here's the arXiv preprint: - An Outer Planet ...   Dec 14 2007, 11:12 AM
- - ngunn   Thanks very much for that - duly printed off for h...   Dec 14 2007, 11:22 AM
|- - ustrax   Patryk Lykawka provided the link for downloading t...   Jan 7 2008, 09:20 AM
|- - marsbug   Thanks ustrax that'll make for fascinating lun...   Jan 7 2008, 05:03 PM
- - alan   New Scientist has an article discussing Lykawka...   Jan 21 2008, 04:52 AM
- - Greg Hullender   MSNBC is running a story on this today: http://ha...   Jun 18 2008, 07:12 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 18 2008, 07:1...   Jun 18 2008, 11:03 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 18 2008, 04:03 PM...   Jun 19 2008, 01:48 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 18 2008, 06:4...   Jun 19 2008, 04:27 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 18 2008, 09:27 PM) ...   Jun 19 2008, 02:55 PM
||- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 19 2008, 07:5...   Jun 19 2008, 03:16 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 19 2008, 05:27 AM) ...   Jun 19 2008, 03:59 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 19 2008, 10:59 AM...   Jun 19 2008, 06:18 PM
||- - ElkGroveDan   Perhaps Kuiper "Belt" is an unfortunatel...   Jun 19 2008, 06:24 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 19 2008, 08:59 AM...   Jun 19 2008, 10:45 PM
- - nprev   I think he's erring on the side of caution and...   Jun 18 2008, 09:59 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   Organizations such as IAU exist by virtue of broad...   Jun 18 2008, 11:52 PM
|- - JRehling   Even beyond the controversy, we've had the fol...   Jun 19 2008, 12:34 AM
- - nprev   (Sigh)...yeah, and it's a damn shame that it h...   Jun 19 2008, 12:31 AM
- - tasp   My apologies if someone else has thought of this f...   Jun 19 2008, 01:29 AM
|- - alan   QUOTE (tasp @ Jun 18 2008, 08:29 PM) My a...   Jun 20 2008, 03:21 AM
- - nprev   Think he's onto something with that descriptio...   Jun 20 2008, 01:00 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 19 2008, 05:00 PM) I s...   Jun 20 2008, 03:24 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 19 2008, 08:2...   Jun 20 2008, 05:35 AM
- - Greg Hullender   If it's true that you maximize discoveries by ...   Jun 20 2008, 03:11 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 20 2008, 08:1...   Jun 20 2008, 06:51 PM
|- - alan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 20 2008, 01:51 PM) ...   Jun 20 2008, 09:06 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 20 2008, 10:51 AM) ...   Jun 21 2008, 11:31 PM
|- - brellis   To what extent can detection of as-yet-undiscovere...   Jun 22 2008, 01:17 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 21 2008, 04:3...   Jun 22 2008, 07:49 AM
- - nprev   I doubt that there actually is a spherical distrib...   Jun 22 2008, 01:14 AM
- - nprev   Well, at least the NH team will be investigating t...   Jun 22 2008, 01:22 AM
- - dvandorn   Okay -- let's look at this from the back forwa...   Jun 22 2008, 04:08 PM
|- - Del Palmer   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 22 2008, 05:08 PM) ...   Jun 22 2008, 04:32 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Del Palmer @ Jun 22 2008, 11:32 AM...   Jun 22 2008, 05:10 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Patryck responded to my e-mail: "Thank you f...   Jun 24 2008, 03:32 PM
- - icaru   Hello everybody! I'm a student in an engi...   Sep 21 2008, 08:09 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Have you looked at issues of Astronomical Journal ...   Sep 21 2008, 03:12 PM
- - alan   Patryck Lykawka proposed his planet as an explanat...   Sep 21 2008, 03:41 PM
- - icaru   Thank you for your answers! Greg Hullender, ...   Sep 21 2008, 08:37 PM


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