Non-IT News Thread
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@gjacobse they valued that at $5000 a pound? I feel like that is a gross overestimation....
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@RojoLoco
I didn't do the numbers... And I don't know jack about that trade.. But at 1,500 pounds.. that is a long time of smoking.. -
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Researchers at Caltech find evidence that suggests ninth planet in our solar system (10th if you still count pluto)
http://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523
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How the heck do we mistake Pluto for a planet for a century and miss a "real ninth planet?
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@scottalanmiller I think it has to do with how far out it is.... its estimate closest point to the sun is 5x further out then pluto.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
@scottalanmiller I think it has to do with how far out it is.... its estimate closest point to the sun is 5x further out then pluto.
Yeah, they said it is 20x the distance of Neptune, and Neptune is even farther out than Pluto (on average.)
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@scottalanmiller The data suggests an eliptical orbit of ranging from 200AU at the periapsis and and up to 1200AU at apoapsis. Neptune averages 30AU from the sun.
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that's about 20x then
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Of course it may not exist at all... the models they ran are explaining what may be affecting orbits of smaller objects from the kuiper belt.
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It will be interesting to see if they actually find it.
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Watch it be a Black-hole to some little girl's bookshelf..
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@brianlittlejohn said:
@scottalanmiller I think it has to do with how far out it is.... its estimate closest point to the sun is 5x further out then pluto.
It's also possible on a different plane than the rest of our planets. that's what the models I saw yesterday suggested.
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Pluto is, makes sense that it would be.
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@Dashrender It would pretty much have to be... a planet the size they are suggesting can't form that far out (assuming theories are correct on how planets form), which means it formed closer and gravity from another star passing by most likely flung it out that far and changed its plane.
