Well recently I have been hearing a lot about the 10th eliptical orbit planet of our solar system but im hearing quite a bit of mixed and conflicting info...

Ive heard this 10th planet called many things, Eris....by nasa....Niribu by history/ufologists and planet x by media sources.......are they all the same thing?

Ive heard that its on a 30,000 year eliptical orbit around our sun. Ive heard its smaller than pluto but I have also heard its a dead star thats about the size of jupiter.......

Ive heard that it is aproching our solar system and that it will reach and pass through the asteroid belt area in roughly 5 years and if you are on the south pole you can actually see the planet/dead star appreoaching behind the sun.......Ive heard theories that it is responsible for the moon and the asteroid belt.

Ive read up on a lot about this rogue planet/dead star and honestly cant come up with much legit scientific information about it.

Anyone care to share some information they might know? links etc.... on the subject that I may have missed......

thanks
~sly~

There are a number of old threads you can find on sciforums all related to the 10th planet.

To my recollection there is actually a number of Planetoids that exist, however they aren't actual planets for the most part speculation is they are actually asteroids that have moved from the Asteroid belt into rotational orbits.

Heres a couple of old threads for you:
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=7939
http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=47755

Shades of nancy lederer :rolleyes:
Stryder is right (again) there are several planetoids in the Kuyper belt. None of them ever, ever orbits closely enough to the earth for them to be visable with the naked eye.
All orbits are eliptical but none to the degree required to bring them near earth.

First, if it is smaller than pluto, then it can't even be a planet. Pluto is far too small to be a planet, and is thus classed professionally as an asteroid.

small irregularly shaped planetoid made of ice and rock...great.

''Planetoid'' is still a very strong name for this thing i would say.

Cosmic dust would probably be more appropriate.

First, if it is smaller than pluto, then it can't even be a planet. Pluto is far too small to be a planet, and is thus classed professionally as an asteroid.

Pluto has been called a planet for all of my life, I'm having trouble demoting it to a simple KBO ;)

But it is. Please believe me. There are only 8 planets orbiting the Sun.

It was supposed to pass by the Earth destroying everything back in May 2003...

For some fun reading on the subject, go to the Bad Astronomony forum around that period...

http://www.bautforum.com/against-mainstream/index151.html

(Edit) Hmm, are the Planet X types jumping on the 2012 bandwagon? Makes sense since their last date expired.

http://www.bautforum.com/conspiracy-theories/65831-planet-x-official-advertisement.html

But it is. Please believe me. There are only 8 planets orbiting the Sun.

I know there are (now) I'm just old and grumpy:D

I don't like talking about planatoid/asteroidal collisions... it's too possible, it freaks me out.

I don't like talking about planatoid/asteroidal collisions... it's too possible, it freaks me out.

Why? Consider this system started forming and revolving some ,what , 5 billion years ago ? Pretty much any thing in something else's path has already collided. Yeah, there is still a chance but it's getting slim.

Why? Consider this system started forming and revolving some ,what , 5 billion years ago ? Pretty much any thing in something else's path has already collided. Yeah, there is still a chance but it's getting slim.''

If you are referring to accretion, of course that was volatile, aboutr 8-10,000 million years ago. But the chances of an asteroid collision are very very probable. This is why NASA has several departments out looking for possible collions. What is even more scarey, is that they can escape our notice. Look at the one that recently hit that eastern country releasing toxins into the air... arsenic if i remember correctly.