understand how a planet could form so far away
from a star in the latter case, and many think it unlikely that a
'free-floating' planet might be captured into such an extended orbit. However,
if firm data pointed to the existence of such an orbit, the scientific
community would quickly figure out a plausible mechanism to explain its
presence, I’m sure.
In
support of the potential for a small Nemesis-type object, a recent precedent
has been discovered by astronomers. In 2002, scientists imaged a young, bright
planet in a star-forming region whose distance from the nearest star is over
100,000 astronomical units Called SOri70. The object’s distance from what is
possibly its parent star is immense. It should not be so far away, and it is a
mystery as to how it got there. 20
Is
this Jupiter-sized planet orbiting the star, or simply free-floating through
the region? It's hard to say right now, but imagine this star was the sun, and
the bright planet SOri70 a similar Dark star forming as a distant binary with
this sun. This finding sets a precedent for quite an extraordinary orbit, in
keeping with Murray's hypothesis.
An Interactive Binary
So,
a Dark Star located more than 20,000 times as far away from the sun than the
Earth is by no means impossible. It may form in that region in its own right,
as part of a dense star-forming cluster inclusive of the sun’s proto-planetary
Disk, or it may have been captured later on (though this seems less likely).
There may be a dynamic principle in place as well, whereby such an
object is itself perturbed into a close approach to the sun, rather like a
comet. There are many gravitational influences outside the solar system which
could create such an event, and this scenario would allow us to overlap the
existence of a very distant binary object with an observed phenomenon many,
many thousands of years ago. 21
According
to the independent researcher John Lee, a brown dwarf lying in the Oort Cloud
at tens of thousands of Astronomical Units could have swept past the solar
system after interactions with various external gravitational influences. 22 I think this is a viable proposition. The problem with talking about such an
idea is that it is a complex scenario, and this puts a lot of people off. But
it definitely has its merits, satisfying both the Nemesis and Tenth Planet
scenarios simultaneously.
Let
me briefly spell out the basics of such an idea: The Dark Star would be in an
unstable orbital configuration, easily disturbed by outside influences.
Millions of years ago, it was moving along the kind of path advocated by Drs.
Murray and Matese. That is, a roughly circular orbit over 20,000 AU away. This
caused the initiation of movement of long-period comets to drift down towards
the sun. Scientists observe those comets today, recording their movements. Some
have wondered whether there are patterns to be found, establishing the
existence of a distant planet in the outer Oort Cloud.
There
is a cause-and-effect taking place over millions of years; the cause being the
disturbance of comets in the outer Oort cloud at the Dawn of Humanity, and the
effect being the observation of those same comets by modern-day astronomers.
However, in the meantime, the Dark Star itself is jolted from its
orbit towards the sun. It also acts like a comet, and takes on a new,
elliptical orbit. This then changes the energy configurations of the planets in
the solar system, which we will ponder upon later.
Scientists may then detect the presence of the Dark Star by looking
at the affect it has had more recently on the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt.
In other words, the Dark Star causes two sets of data to emerge,
but over different time frames. Its dynamic orbit creates a complex picture
which seems to indicate two bodies, when there is in reality just one. The
constellation Sagittarius thus becomes the location of the ‘jolt’ that sent the
Dark Star into its new orbit, and probably shifted a significant set of
from a star in the latter case, and many think it unlikely that a
'free-floating' planet might be captured into such an extended orbit. However,
if firm data pointed to the existence of such an orbit, the scientific
community would quickly figure out a plausible mechanism to explain its
presence, I’m sure.
In
support of the potential for a small Nemesis-type object, a recent precedent
has been discovered by astronomers. In 2002, scientists imaged a young, bright
planet in a star-forming region whose distance from the nearest star is over
100,000 astronomical units Called SOri70. The object’s distance from what is
possibly its parent star is immense. It should not be so far away, and it is a
mystery as to how it got there. 20
Is
this Jupiter-sized planet orbiting the star, or simply free-floating through
the region? It's hard to say right now, but imagine this star was the sun, and
the bright planet SOri70 a similar Dark star forming as a distant binary with
this sun. This finding sets a precedent for quite an extraordinary orbit, in
keeping with Murray's hypothesis.
An Interactive Binary
So,
a Dark Star located more than 20,000 times as far away from the sun than the
Earth is by no means impossible. It may form in that region in its own right,
as part of a dense star-forming cluster inclusive of the sun’s proto-planetary
Disk, or it may have been captured later on (though this seems less likely).
There may be a dynamic principle in place as well, whereby such an
object is itself perturbed into a close approach to the sun, rather like a
comet. There are many gravitational influences outside the solar system which
could create such an event, and this scenario would allow us to overlap the
existence of a very distant binary object with an observed phenomenon many,
many thousands of years ago. 21
According
to the independent researcher John Lee, a brown dwarf lying in the Oort Cloud
at tens of thousands of Astronomical Units could have swept past the solar
system after interactions with various external gravitational influences. 22 I think this is a viable proposition. The problem with talking about such an
idea is that it is a complex scenario, and this puts a lot of people off. But
it definitely has its merits, satisfying both the Nemesis and Tenth Planet
scenarios simultaneously.
Let
me briefly spell out the basics of such an idea: The Dark Star would be in an
unstable orbital configuration, easily disturbed by outside influences.
Millions of years ago, it was moving along the kind of path advocated by Drs.
Murray and Matese. That is, a roughly circular orbit over 20,000 AU away. This
caused the initiation of movement of long-period comets to drift down towards
the sun. Scientists observe those comets today, recording their movements. Some
have wondered whether there are patterns to be found, establishing the
existence of a distant planet in the outer Oort Cloud.
There
is a cause-and-effect taking place over millions of years; the cause being the
disturbance of comets in the outer Oort cloud at the Dawn of Humanity, and the
effect being the observation of those same comets by modern-day astronomers.
However, in the meantime, the Dark Star itself is jolted from its
orbit towards the sun. It also acts like a comet, and takes on a new,
elliptical orbit. This then changes the energy configurations of the planets in
the solar system, which we will ponder upon later.
Scientists may then detect the presence of the Dark Star by looking
at the affect it has had more recently on the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt.
In other words, the Dark Star causes two sets of data to emerge,
but over different time frames. Its dynamic orbit creates a complex picture
which seems to indicate two bodies, when there is in reality just one. The
constellation Sagittarius thus becomes the location of the ‘jolt’ that sent the
Dark Star into its new orbit, and probably shifted a significant set of
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