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Planet X Anomalies in the Outer Solar System Author Andy Lloyd • Old Cryptian 1979-86 • BSc (Hons) (1st Class) University of Lancaster, post-graduate studies at University of California at San Diego. • Author of ‘Dark Star: The Planet X Evidence’ (2005), ‘Ezekiel One’ (2009), ‘The Followers of Horus’ (2010) • Webmaster of www.darkstar1.co.uk • Lives in Longlevens with wife and 2 sons Planet X: What do we Know? “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.” Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 2002 A Familiar Scale? The True Scale • An astronomical unit is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun (~ 150,000,000 km or 93,000,000 miles) • 1 light year (ly) = 63240 astronomical units • The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is about 4.2 light years away. • The Sun’s domain extends out to ~1 ly, possibly more Distances at a Glance • Neptune (30.0AU), Pluto (30-40AU) • Kuiper Belt (30 – 55AU) • Heliopause (~80AU) • Inner Oort Cloud (2000 – 20,000AU) • Outer Oort Cloud (20,000AU – 50,000+AU) • Proxima cantauri (265,000AU) • Galactic Centre (27,000 light years) Kuiper Belt Anomalies • The Kuiper Belt extends from Neptune (30 AU) to ~ 55 AU from the Sun, and much bigger than the asteroid belt. • The Kuiper Cliff/Gap at 55AU • Missing Kuiper Belt Object populations • Highly anomalous orbital properties of certain Kuiper Belt Objects Protoplanetary Disk Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) The Heliopause Pioneer and Voyager • On-going anomalous trajectories of the Pioneer spacecraft • NASA still puzzled after many years • Voyager spacecraft – heliosheath is distorted • IBEX ‘footprint’ – heliosheath locally affected by extra magnetic field • “…some fundamental physics is missing from our understanding." The Oort Cloud Oort Cloud Anomaly • The Oort cloud is thought to occupy a vast space from ~2,000AU (~0.03 ly) to ~ 50,000 AU (0.79 ly) from the Sun. Some estimates place the outer edge at between 100,000 and 200,000 AU (1.58 and 3.16 ly) • Long-period comets come from the Oort Cloud • Long-period comets do not show an even distribution • Why? Other Anomalies • Missing angular momentum in the solar system • Computer models call for 5 gas giants • IRAS anomalies • Uranus : turned over on its side, and too cold. Why? “Here be Dragons” • Planet X, a terrestrial-sized planet beyond the Kuiper Belt • ‘Dark Star’ i.e. a sub-brown dwarf among the comets • “Missing” brown dwarf star, presumably ejected by Jupiter • Action of passing star • Migrating gas giant planet • Action of Giant Molecular Cloud/”Fluff” Brown Dwarfs Will WISE find a new planet? Planet X Further Reading Thank you for listening! Website: www.darkstar1.co.uk or Google Andy Lloyd lots of interviews on YouTube