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Originally Posted by montebianco
I don't know much about astronomy, but existence of a tenth planet per se sounds entirely believable to me. I guess we would need to have a formal definition of "planet," since there are many thousands of natural objects in orbit around the sun. This bit about hovering in front of the sun in a cloud of dust sounds rather dodgy though.
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The idea of a tenth planet was very popular for a long time. After the planet Uranus (the 7th planet) was discovered in 1781 it was found that its orbit wasn’t what it should be. There was still something out there
perturbing it. A couple astronomers were able to derive from the perturbations where an eighth planet should be located. In 1846 this eighth planet, Neptune, was discovered as predicted.
After studying the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, it was found that there were still unexplained perturbations. This lead to the belief there was a ninth undiscovered planet. Percival Lowell was one of the astronomers who attempted to calculate a position of the ninth planet. In 1930 Pluto was discovered near his calculated position, but Pluto was far too small to be the cause of the perturbations. Its discovery was just a coincidence. This led to speculation a tenth planet was still out there somewhere.
As far as I know, the supposed perturbations of Uranus and Neptune have largely been explained as more accurate data has been obtained from the Voyager space probes. I don’t think any serious scientists still believe a tenth planet of any appreciable size exists.
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Originally Posted by montebianco
Newbie here, making the first post after lurking for a while. So maybe this is well known and a foolish question, but what are Nibiru and the Zetas?
Edited to add: I just found out from the forum description (should have read it, #@#@#%@) what Nibiru is. But I still don't know what Zetas are.
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Don’t feel bad, I’ve just learned about this stuff in the last few days. Supposedly, Nibiru is the name of a mythical planet that makes its appearance every 3,600 years, though I’m not familiar with the origin of the myth. According to the Planet X people it was suppose to appear in 2003. The fact it didn’t appear hasn’t stopped them from believing in it however.
Before I tell you about the Zetas you better make sure you’re sitting down. It’s also advisable to put down any beverages you may be drinking. The Zetas are an alien race that is communicating telepathically with their human emissary, Nancy Lieder. Nancy is the one who has been providing all information about Planet X as it is communicated to her by the Zetas. Apparently this Planet X is a pretty nasty character and has been responsible for global changes on Earth, such as pole shifts, every 3,600 years when it makes its appearance.
Planet X, about the size of Uranus Nancy tells us, is also capable of mind-numbing orbital maneuvers that are impossible to explain by our current Newtonian physics. This is because our current physics is wrong. The Zetas tells us a repulsive force that modern humans have yet to discover dominates the Universe. As best as I can tell, Earth is currently stopped in its orbit around the Sun and Planet X has parked itself directly between the Sun and us. Planet X remains hidden inside a cloud of dust.