Leenbekkemaa, I just wanted to add my support for removing the hoax status of the Planet X theories. I have yet to see any firm evidence that
catagorically states there is no Planet X. What the Sumerians describe could be interpreted in many ways, Sitchins' explanation being just that, his
explanation, and it is an explanation which has earned him a large sum of money.
An astronomer by the name of J.C. Adams, who predicted (along with Le Verrier) the location of Neptune before it's discovery by telescope in 1846,
was the first (as far as I know)in modern times to propose that there is a 10th planet out there, based on unusual residual motion of Uranus, and
further spurred on by Neptunes' unexpected orbital path.
During the following 5 years, the possible locations of another 3 planets were predicted by other astronomers, William Pickering in fact thought there
were a possible seven other planets, but he refined this to only one after a year.
The solitary planet he chose to focus on was described as having an orbital period of 656 years, so no chance of this being Nibiru, as described by
One of the first people to propose the name 'Planet X', was Percival Lowell (who also proposed the canals on Mars, which was just a mistranslation
of the Italian word Canali, meaning channels), and although he first spotted Pluto, he didn't realize what he had. Lowell died a disappointed man in
1916 having never found his Planet X, although ironically he found 515 asteroids, 700 variable stars and two images of Pluto, 14 years before it's
Pluto's discovery did not end the search for Planet X as this (it is believed) rogue from the Oort Belt with it's moon Charon (which is almost the
same size as Pluto) does not have the mass to affect Uranus' orbit even slightly. So, it was surmized, there must be something else out there
causing it. The discoverer of Pluto (Clyde Tombaugh, Kansas) took up the challenge. He spent 13 years searching, looked at some 90 million images of
some 30 million stars over an area covering 30,000 square degrees of the night sky. He found one new globular cluster, 5 new open star clusters, one
new supercluster of roughly 1800 galaxies, one new comet and 775 new asteroids, but no Planet X. He stated that 'Only a planet in an almost polar
orbit and situated near the south celestial pole could have escaped my detection.'
In 1987, John Anderson at JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory) examined the motions of Pioneer 10 and 11 to see if there was any deflection due to
unknown gravity forces. None was found -- from this Anderson concluded that a tenth planet most likely exists. He concludes that the tenth planet
must have a highly ellipitcal orbit, carrying it far away to be undetectable now, but periodically bringing it close enough to leave it's disturbing
signature on the path of the outer planets. He suggested an orbital period of 700-1000 years and in a highly inclined orbit.
In my opinion, I think Planet X should be removed from having a 'Known Hoax' status, for these reasons. It may not be Nibiru, but there is a
definite scientific possibility that it is out there somewhere.
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[Edited on 21-12-2003 by MacGonzo]