Just a disclaimer, I am NOT a doomsday nut, but I am just wondering if there is a connection in some things...
I just read something on Yahoo! News about a new "Water Planet" called "GJ 1214b".
Now, we all know about this whole 2012 thing and the world ending and crap like that.
I am just curious, does this new planet have any connection with this planet "Nibiru" or something like that? I mean, people are saying that this planet is red, so???
I don't know, what are your thoughts?
I just read something on Yahoo! News about a new "Water Planet" called "GJ 1214b".
Now, we all know about this whole 2012 thing and the world ending and crap like that.
I am just curious, does this new planet have any connection with this planet "Nibiru" or something like that? I mean, people are saying that this planet is red, so???
I don't know, what are your thoughts?
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No, it has nothing to do with that. It is several dozen light years away and doesn't affect Earth or our solar system in the least. There are now hundreds of confirmed exoplanets and more than a thousand more candidates to be explored, and not a one of them will ever affect Earth or it's orbit in ANY way.
Also, there is no "planet Nibiru." There is no doomsday coming and if there is it will have nothing to do with a rogue, undiscovered planet. There simply is no such thing.
Also, there is no "planet Nibiru." There is no doomsday coming and if there is it will have nothing to do with a rogue, undiscovered planet. There simply is no such thing.
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GJ 1214 b is 40 lightyears from us in the constellation Ophiuchus. The newly found planet is 2.5 times the size of Earth and seven times as massive, so although hot, manages to hold onto an atmosphere that is mostly steam. The planet itself seems to be mostly water with a rocky core. The star (Giese and Jahreiss is what the letters stand for, two German astronomers who studied nearby stars) is a red dwarf.
The planet isn't red, just the star.
Only nutcases talk about the nonexistent planet Nibiru
The planet isn't red, just the star.
Only nutcases talk about the nonexistent planet Nibiru
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The Nibiru/Planet X of doomsday conspiracists is supposed to be in our own solar system. In fact, if they're not lying so hard that their pants are about to burst into flame, it should be VERY close to Earth right now. The planet you refer to orbits a red dwarf star some 40 light years distant. This means that it would take light emitted from that star 40 years to reach us. This is almost 7 million times the distance to Pluto.
Given that the planet can't be directly imaged at that distance, I'm not sure how anyone would reasonably know that GJ 1214b red.
Given that the planet can't be directly imaged at that distance, I'm not sure how anyone would reasonably know that GJ 1214b red.