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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
planet X is one of those un-provavble hypothesis that cannot be test4ed or disproved, therefor e it is BULLSHIT.
the whole hoax posits that there is a planet, planet X, that lies at the exact opposite of earth's orbit around the sun, so that we never see it, it never affects us, and it is always hiding behind the sun.
stupid stupid pseudoscience
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the idea of Planet X was born of solid math (discrepancies in the orbits of the outer planets).
and is it such "stupid stupid pseudoscience" if it led to the discovery of Neptune, Pluto, and Eris?
interestingly, Neptune was discovered almost simultaneously by two mathematicians seaching to solve the problem of the calculated vs. observed orbits of the known solar system.
after Neptune, there were still problems with the math. that's when Percival Lowell (founder of the Lowell Observatory
where Pluto was discovered) came up with the idea of Planet X.
it might not be "true", and it might be pushing the envelope of what is and what was acceptable science, but I hardly think it's stupid.