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2012 and Planet X LinksPlanet X Forecast and 2012 Survival Guide The coming flyby of Planet X (Nibiru, Wormwood) in 2012 will propel us to colonize the stars and the effort has already begun. That is why our governments are searching for extrasolar Earths with a vast array of sophisticated Earth-based and space-based observatories.
The Science Mission Directorate manages quite a few missions, some well known and others not so well known. Many involve cooperation with international partners or other U.S. agencies.
IRAS increased the number of cataloged astronomical sources by about 70%, detecting about 350,000 infrared sources. ACHIEVEMENTS: Europe's first deep space mission, first close-up images of a comet nucleus including Comet Halley, first spacecraft to encounter two comets and first deep space mission to change orbit by returning to Earth for a gravity assist. Deep Space 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on October 24, 1998. During a highly successful primary mission, it tested 12 advanced, high-risk technologies in space. In an extremely successful extended mission, it encountered Comet Borrelly and returned the best images and other science data ever from a comet. During its fully successful hyperextended mission, it conducted further technology tests. A tough, pesky molecule possibly key to the origins of life on Earth has been spotted in deep space surviving the ferocious blastwave of a supernova explosion. The SPT is a collaboration between the U of Chicago, UC Berkeley, Case Western Reserve University, U of Illinois, and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and it's primarily funded thought NSF OPP. Current Space Weather Conditions
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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is the third largest in the solar system. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1781. It has an equatorial diameter of 51,800 kilometers (32,190 miles) and orbits the Sun once every 84.01 Earth years.
Neptune is the outermost planet of the gas giants. It has an equatorial diameter of 49,500 kilometers (30,760 miles). If Neptune were hollow, it could contain nearly 60 Earths. Neptune orbits the Sun every 165 years.
Although Pluto was discovered in 1930, limited information on the distant object delayed a realistic understanding of its characteristics. Pluto is the second largest known dwarf planet and tenth largest orbiting the Sun.
David R. Lide, Editor-in-chief, 82nd edition, 2001-2002, ISBN 0-8493-0482-2
Abstract: Approximately 25% of the 82 new class I Oort cloud comets have an anomalous distribution of orbital elements that can best be understood if there exists a bound perturber in the outer Oort cloud. Statistically significant correlated anomalies include aphelia directions, energies, perihelion distances and signatures of the angular momentum change due to the Galaxy. Nemesis (star) theory by Davis, Hut & Muller Nature 308 : 715-717 -- Nemesis is a hypothetical red dwarf or brown dwarf star, orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 50,000 to 100,000 AU, somewhat beyond the Oort cloud. The existence of this star was postulated in an attempt to explain an inferred periodicity in the rate of biological extinction in the geological record.
LONDON (Reuters) - An undiscovered planet as massive as Jupiter could be orbiting in the distant reaches of the solar system, a British astronomer reported Thursday. Dr. John Murray, of the Open University, has not seen the large mysterious object but believes it exists because of peculiarities in the orbits of distant comets. Kuiper Belt The Kuiper belt (pronounced /ˈkaɪpɚ/, to rhyme with "viper"), sometimes called the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 55 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger; 20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive. Oort Cloud The Oort cloud, (IPA: BrE /ɔːt klaʊd/, AmE /ɔɹt klaʊd/), alternatively termed the Öpik-Oort Cloud (/ˈøpik/-, like /ˈepik/ with a rounded /e/), is a postulated sphericalcloud of comets situated about 50,000 AU from the Sun. This is approximately 1000 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto or nearly a light year.
Andy Lloyd, 2005, ISBN-10: 1-892264-18-8, ISBN-13: 978-1-892264-18-3
Max Planck Society -- Claims that the Solar System has a tenth planet are bolstered by the finding by a group lead by Bonn astrophysicists that this alleged planet, announced last summer and tentatively named 2003 UB313, is bigger than Pluto. 2003 UB313 Eris (IPA: / ‘ɛɹɪs, ‘ɪɹɪs/), formally designated 136199 Eris and formerly 2003 UB313 (see minor planet names), is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system and the ninth largest body orbiting the Sun directly. It is between 2,400 and 3,000 kilometres in diameter and 27% more massive than Pluto. Bernstein G.M., Trilling D.E., Allen R.L. , Brown K.E , Holman M., Malhotra R., “The size Distribution of transneptunian bodies.” The Astronomical Journal, 128, 1364-1390 | ||||
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