Interesting - must be a slow news period to allow this to surface in the MSM.
Ray
http://nycity.today/content/284986-mysterious-planet-x-may-be-real-some-scientists-believe
MYSTERIOUS ‘PLANET X’ MAY BE REAL: SOME SCIENTISTS BELIEVE
Gloria Bradley - Sun, 09/06/2015 - 06:18
After its successful flyby mission, the New Horizons spacecraft of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) is now taking on another mission, hunting for a mysterious cosmic body called “Planet X.”
The so-called Planet X has long been the matter of legends, but now some scientists believe that the mysterious planet may really exist somewhere in the Kuiper Belt -- a field of debris at the outer edge of our solar system.
Scientists have already discovered as many as 1,500 different objects in the Kuiper Belt, but most of these objects are so small that they can qualify for even dwarf planet status. But, some scientists believe that a large planet, bigger than Earth, and some gas giants like Neptune, may exist in the Kuiper Belt.
Planet X has become a kind of “holy grail” for astronomers ever since it was suggested by Percival Lowell, the founder of an observatory in Arizona. Lowell was trying to explain the unique orbit of Uranus that he believed was being affected by a large object located out towards the edge of our solar system.
But, the mysterious planet’s distance from the Earth and lack of light has made searching for it particularly difficult. However, gravitational pull suggest its existence.
In 2014, the prestigious journal Nature also reported compiling evidence from Hawaii-based Gemini Observatory that indicated that there could be a large gravitationally disturbing object lurking out at the edge of the solar system.
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