Bizarre Rogue 'Planet' with Incredible Auroras Puzzles Scientists

[sidharthabahadur]

Folks , now here is proof , if anyone ever asked you , for planetary auroras being caused by the inner Sun and NOT the Solar wind from the parent star , of any given solar system .

This particular massive planet , 20 light years from the Earth , is 12.7 times the size of Jupiter and is floating independently in space . This planet has dazzling auroras , beaming light into the blackness of interstellar space , which is how it got detected in the first place .

Astronomers are puzzled for the following aspects , that are contrary to their cherished theories of planetary formation and structure :

1. How can a planet exist independently of a Solar system ?
2. How can a planet exhibit such brilliant auroras , when it is not even receiving a Solar wind from it's parent star ?
3. How can a planet of this size , arise on it's own , without a parent star in the vicinity ?

Bizarre Rogue 'Planet' with Incredible Auroras Puzzles Scientists

By Meghan Bartels August 06, 2018 Science & Astronomy

An artist's depiction of the newly described object.

(Image: © Chuck Carter; NRAO/AUI/NSF/Caltech)

A rogue, planet-size object 20 light-years away from Earth has stunned astronomers with its incredibly powerful magnetic field.

The scientists found that the object's magnetic field is more than 200 times stronger than Jupiter's, which, in turn, is between 16 and 54 times stronger than Earth's, according to NASA. How the object, which scientists call SIMP J01365663+0933473, can maintain a magnetic field so strong, as well as generate spectacular auroras, is still unclear.

"This particular object is exciting because studying its magnetic dynamo mechanisms can give us new insights on how the same type of mechanisms can operate in extrasolar planets — planets beyond our solar system," lead study author Melodie Kao, an astrophysicist at Arizona State University, said in a statement from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory published Aug. 2. [The Strangest Alien Planets We Know in Pictures]

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And it's not just the magnetic mechanism that's leaving scientists with questions right now — there are plenty of other mysteries about the object, which scientists first discovered in 2016.

The object is what scientists call a brown dwarf. Nicknamed "failed stars," brown dwarfs are larger than planets, but not quite large enough to fuse hydrogen, the way stars do. The boundary line is still debated, but scientists tend to draw it at about 13 times the mass of Jupiter.

Originally, scientists thought SIMP J01365663+0933473 was a gigantic, old brown dwarf. But further study showed that it is instead relatively young, at 200 million years old, and is only 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter. That research also showed that the planet is on its own, not orbiting a star.

"This object is right at the boundary between a planet and a brown dwarf, or 'failed star,' and is giving us some surprises that can potentially help us understand magnetic processes on both stars and planets," Kao said in the statement. "We think these mechanisms can work not only in brown dwarfs, but also in both gas giant and terrestrial planets."

The team is particularly excited by the new research because it relies in part on radio observations of the object's auroras — which means that radio telescopes may be able to identify new planets by their auroras.

The new research was described in an article published July 31 in the Astrophysical Journal.

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[Keith]

It's spooky to think that these celestial bodies of different flavors transverse the Universe alone and can cause harm if they enter the perimeter of a Solar Systerm.

[sidharthabahadur]

Yes Keith , it is being speculated that one such rogue planet is lurking on the fringes of our Solar system as well .

However , for me , this particular case is of interest because it nails the BIG lie we've been told all along - that Polar auroras are caused by the Solar wind streaming in from the Sun . This particular planet also displays an abnormally intense magnetic field , that's off the charts - it's insane . Both these aspects can only be explained by the existence of an inner sun at the core of the planet .

We couldn't have asked for a better "test case" , to prove our Hollow Earth theory . Just think about it...this case disproves EVERY tenet of the mainstream theory of planetary formation and structure . None of the baseline criteria for planetary formation and structure , believed by mainstream science , seem to apply to this planet , which is why they're calling it a "Rogue Planet" - it's making a mockery of all their theories :))

It's probably a brown dwarf , or a failed star - just below the critical mass to become a star . That makes it all the more important for researchers since it shows that planets and stars are essentially born the same way , whether they become a planet or actually mature into a star , just depends on the critical mass threshold being crossed , or not .

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[sidharthabahadur]

Keith , this one gets even better , as incontrovertible evidence for our Hollow Earth theory...here's another article about this same rogue planet .

It's mind boggling that the Aurora of this planet is 1 MILLION times brighter than our own Northern lights - and remember there is absolutely NO solar wind this planet experiences that could cause such a beacon like aurora ! The only conclusion can be , that planetary Auroras are caused by their inner Sun , not the Solar wind .

Hence proved , Hollow Earth Theory is correct - QED !

**I personally am now willing to challenge any scientist who may wish to debate on this one , as a conclusive proof point , for Hollow Planet theory .

Astronomers find aurora a million times brighter than the northern lights

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The most powerful aurora ever recorded has been spotted above a failed star 18 light years away, solving a longstanding astronomical mystery

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An artist’s impression of the spectacular aurorae seen in the skies above the brown dwarf LSR J1835+3259. Illustration: Chuck Carter and Gregg Hallinan/Caltech

The sky above a failed star in a distant constellation shimmers with a beautiful green and yellow aurora one million times brighter than the northern lights. The spectacular light show is the first confirmed aurora on a body outside the solar system, and the most powerful ever recorded.

Astronomers detected the celestial display when they trained some of the world’s most sensitive telescopes on a brown dwarf that lies 18 light years away in the constellation of Lyra. The aurora’s colourful streaks wave green and yellow when oxygen and sodium are battered by electrons in the brown dwarf’s atmosphere. The brightest light the telescopes picked up was from hydrogen, which glow redder than the eye can see.

“If you could stand there and look upwards, the aurora would appear one million times brighter than the northern lights,” said Stuart Littlefair, an astrophysicist at the University of Sheffield, who took part in the study.

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A view of the northern lights as seen from Bamburgh beach Northumberland, England. As stunning as the light show is on Earth, the one observed in the Lyra constellation is a million times brighter. Photograph: Josh Maidwell/Barcroft Media

The scientists’ observations solve a longstanding mystery in astronomy over why brown dwarves shine brightly and then dim again on a regular basis. The object they studied rotates on its axis once every two hours and flashes brightly in perfect synchrony. “We knew there was a spot on the surface, and as it appeared and disappeared, the brightness changed,” said Littlefair. “The question was: what is that spot?”

Researchers observed the brown dwarf with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico and the Hale telescope in San Diego. Whenever the brown dwarf lit up, the instruments picked up optical and radio signals that are emitted by aurora wherever they happen.

The Northern Lights - in pictures

On Earth, the northern lights are driven by electrons that stream out of the sun into the planet’s magnetic field, which drives them towards the magnetic north pole, where they slam into atoms in the atmosphere. Similar displays are seen on other planets, and are particularly intense on Jupiter, where auroras driven by gases coming from its moon, Io, gleams with ultraviolet light.

Writing in the journal Nature , the international research team describe how they observed the aurora on a brown dwarf known as LSR J1835+3259. The object is the same size as Jupiter, but a staggering 80 times more massive. Despite its powerful aurora, the brown dwarf is 150,000 times too faint to be seen with the naked eye.

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A brown dwarf is a giant ball of hot gas that is part way between a planet and a star. Stars are dense enough to generate their own intense heat by fusing hydrogen into helium. But brown dwarfs fall short of achieving this internal heat, and so cool and darken from the moment they are born. For this reason, they are often referred to as failed stars.

In spotting the aurora, scientists have notched up another feature that makes brown dwarves more like planets than stars. “They have cool atmospheres with clouds in, just like Jupiter, and now we see they have auroras, too,” says Littlefield. “It’s more evidence we should think of them as scaled-up planets more than scaled-down stars.”

Antoaneta Antonova, a senior author on the study at the University of Sofia in Bulgaria, said the discovery was the culmination of a decade of work into the nature of brown dwarves. She now plans to search for auroras on other objects outside solar system.

Jonathan Nichols, who studies the auroras of Jupiter and Saturn at Leicester University, said that the natural light displays could help astronomers find new planets beyond Earth. Planet hunters have spotted thousands of worlds circling faraway stars, but most are larger than Jupiter, and orbit very close to their parent stars.

“If you’re interested in discovering new planets, there is a gap in the types we can detect,” he said. “We are not very good at finding planets far out from their stars, but one way to do that might be to look for their auroras. This brown dwarf observation is an important first step towards that.”

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[deandddd]

Sidhartha,

Number Two is the kicker. If auroras are caused y the solar winds that get captured by the planet in quesion, if the solar winds are weak by the time they reach Saturn, for example, how do they cause auroras? And the planet in question in the article doesn't exist in relation to a sun. The orthodox explaination is pathetic.

Here is an image of the south pole of Saturn I could interpret depth to the southern
pole of Saturn.

http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_050805.html

Which facilitates the explanation that auroras are generated from within. The arctic explorers of yesteryear reported that the auroras shoot "upwards". No Sun is directly involved in this case.

The Auroras Shoot Upwards

http://www.holloworbs.com/aurora_shoots_up.htm

Now, about the aurora of the outer planets:

Auroras of The Outer Planets

http://www.holloworbs.com/outer_planet.htm

Aurora in the absence of solar winds

http://www.holloworbs.com/aurora_absence_of_solar.htm

DD

[sidharthabahadur]

Dean , your observation is spot on .

Even in our own solar system , the outer planets i.e. the gas giants like Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus and Neptune all have very powerful Auroras . This is despite the fact that they are very distant from the Sun and hence the Solar wind is not as big a factor for them , as it is for the inner planets .

In contrast , the Auroras on Earth , as one of the inner planets , might be getting enhanced due to the Solar wind, but the Solar wind is still NOT the primary cause of the Auroras . The inner Sun is the true source for the Auroras on any planet .

Therefore the planetary Auroras are themselves a very strong proof point for Hollow Planet Theory .

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[sidharthabahadur]

Folks , it just occurred to me - star & planet formation and structure , is not just a subject of astronomy , it's a litmus test for ALL of physics .

The way stars , planets and moons originate is indeed the best way to verify whether the mainstream science theories actually work in our real universe or not . There is no better lab one can create for testing out all of mainstream physics - this is where the rubber hits the road ! What do you think ?

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[deandddd]

Sidhartha,

Yes; I think that atoms and molecultes are microcosms of the macrocosim, the macro being our solar system.

"Anuttama" is the smallest of the small, isn't it ?

Dean

[sidharthabahadur]

Yes Dean .

The gravity centric view of the universe fails to explain many critical aspects of star , planet and moon formation . Even subsequent to their genesis , Einstein's relativistic framework is woefully inadequate for describing many intrinsic characteristics of stars and planets . It fails even in explaining several "unexpected aspects" of their orbits and movements through space .

There are just far too many inconsistencies in the existing theoretical framework , in describing our universe , to be ignored .

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