No Planet X or Planet Nine will hit Earth

Planet X; On 6 April 2016, New York Post published a news release originally published in The Sun of the United Kingdom.Planet x

The news says the famous scientist Daniel Whitmire discovered a planet could destroy the Earth:

A mysterious planet that destroyed Earth's life millions of years ago could do it again, according to a top space scientist.

And some believe that this could happen as soon as this month.

Nine or Planet X - a new planet discovered at the edge of the solar system in January - will cause comet rains to bomb Earth's surface, killing each and every life, says Daniel Whitmire, of the University of Louisiana.

The astrophysicist reports that the planet (Planet X) passes through the sun every 20.000 years, and at its closest point to us, bombards the Earth with asteroids and comets.

Η είδηση λοιπόν αυτή κάνει θραύση τις τελευταίες μέρες και στην Ελληνική διαδικτυακή κοινότητα. Μεγάλες εφημερίδες την έχουν αναπαράγει με εκφράσεις του τύπου: "κάποιοι πιστεύουν" ή "κάποιοι είναι πεπεισμένοι" χωρίς να αναφέρουν ποιοι είναι οι "επιστήμονες" που πείστηκαν και που είναι τα στοιχεία τους.

Below you will find excerpts from an investigation done by Snopes, which specializes in debunking myths and falsehoods :

Ο Daniel Whitmire, είναι ένας συνταξιούχος καθηγητής αστροφυσικής που τώρα εργάζεται ως εκπαιδευτής μαθηματικών. Ο κ. Daniel Whitmire δημοσίευσε τα ευρήματά στο τεύχος Ιανουαρίου του Monthly Notices της Βασιλικής Αστρονομικής Εταιρείας για τον μέχρι σήμερα άγνωστο "Planet X" που πυροδοτεί βροχές κομητών που συνδέονται με μαζικές εξαφανίσεις της ζωής στη Γη πριν από περίπου 27 εκατομμύρια χρόνια.

Here's something wrong though: The αναφέρουν επανειλημμένα ότι το επικείμενο γεγονός "ανακαλύφθηκε πρόσφατα" ενώ η δημοσίευση του Press describes the study as being ongoing for more than 30 years:

Ο Whitmire και ο συνάδελφός του, John Matese, δημοσίευσε την πρώτη έρευνα για τη σχέση μεταξύ του Planet X και των μαζικών εξαφανίσεων στο περιοδικό Nature το 1985 ενώ εργαζόταν σαν αστροφυσικοί στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Λουιζιάνα στο Lafayette. Το έργο τους δημοσιεύτηκε το 1985 από το Time magazine σαν cover story με τίτλο: "Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs? A Bold New Theory About Mass Extinctions."

Here we should also mention the fact that the publication of the University Press makes absolutely no reference to any imminent disasters. The publication is very vague and ends with a question about the possible effects of the planet on the fossils of the Earth over millions of years:

The theory of Whitemire and Matese is that Planet X is orbiting the sun, and with an elliptical orbit it slowly turns and passes through the Kuiper zone every 27 for millions of years, sending comets inside the solar system. The comets it sends are not crushed only on Earth, but they decompose inside the solar system as they get closer to the sun, reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth.

Whitmire and Matese published their own estimates of Planet X's size and orbit in their original study. They believed that the planet had from one to five times the mass of Earth, and was about 100 times farther from the sun. Their numbers are much smaller than those of Caltech (California of Technology).

Matese has since retired and is no longer publishing. Whitmire withdrew from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2012, and began to teach at the University of Arkansas 2013.

Whitmire reports what is truly exciting to have the possibility of a distant planet that could have a significant impact on the evolution of life on Earth.

"Ασχολούμαι με αυτή την ιστορία για 30 χρόνια", ανέφερε. "Αν υπάρχει ποτέ μια τελική απάντηση θα ήθελα πολύ να γράψω ένα βιβλίο."

Snopes contacted Mr. Whitmire via e-mail and asked him if the publication of the New York Post, which states that Planet X would wreak havoc on Earth in April of 2016, said:

".. Όχι δεν είναι αλήθεια. Αυτό είναι εντελώς αδύνατο"

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