Astronomer Says His Calculations Suggest Another Planet Exists in Our Solar System
Posted on May 14, 2012
National Geographic reports that Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, believes his calculations indicate there is a previously undiscovered planet in our solar system. He believes the planet is orbiting the Sun at the dark fringes of our solar system. His calculations indicate that the planet is having gravitational effects on large, icy bodies in the Kuiper Belt.
National Geographic says Gomez analyzed the orbits of 92 Kuiper belt objects and used computer models to test what the orbits would be like with and without the gravity from an unseen planet influencing them. Gomez says his data suggests that either a Neptune-sized planet is out there 140 billion miles from the Sun or that a previously unseen Mars-sized planet exists in an elongated orbit 5 billion miles from the Sun. Gomez says finding it won't be easy because "it can be anywhere."
National Geographic's report should help fuel some interesting Nibiru conspiracy theories.