Could There Be Planets Beyond Neptune?

Did you grow up thinking there were nine planets in the solar system? You might have been right all along! Today we discuss the possibility of distant worlds in our solar system.

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[PMW]

planets beyond the orbit of Neptune? hell yeah, there are shit loads of them, they're called exoplanets.

[klopferator]

I remember an episode of ALF where he and Willie Tanner look at his star charts and there are two more planets than the earthlings know about, called Dave and Alvin. (And then Brian adds those to his model of the solar system.)

You know what this means: If they ever find two more planets, the internet will go mental and conspiracy theorists will claim that the Nasa knew about them before and kept it secret (apart from an obligatory memo to the producers of a sitcom featuring a huge plush toy) for some nefarious reason.

[SolarShado]

"Stop whining about Pluto"
Liked.

[senseidekkers]

What a troll title designed to piss off the Pluto fans....

[Fireoflearning]

Also interesting to mention the old theory of 'Nemesis', the theoretical dwarf star which orbits the Sun a light year away. I don't believe this to be the case, as it would've been undoubtedly detected, however it's both fascinating yet embarrassing that we're not sure if there are more planets in our own solar system as we go out to discover worlds around other stars hundreds of light years away

I very much hope we discover a new planet in our solar system!

[ZoggFromBetelgeuse]

I suppose you're speaking of Transtyche A and B? Been there. Boring places.

[Jenn]

Pluto was a planet when I was a kid, and gosh dang it, that was good enough for us! *shakes cane angrily*

[mikecrapse]

With the newfound craze of planet "nine" we should revisit this episode

[arhombus]

"When I was growing up, there was thought to be nine planets. Now there's, 90, planets"
I hope with all of my heart someone gets this reference

[Andrew-kyvr]

Yes, his name is Pluto. 

-Roll credits-

[BettyAlexandriaPride]

I will never stop whining about Pluto.

[andyharris]

Hank, you really are the face of Sci-Show. Your enthusiasm makes for a great presentation.

[SuperSaiyanMaze]

"We discovered two new planets in the Earth system, sir. The earthlings tend to name their planets after their ancient deities. What should we name-"

"Frieza planets 487 and 523."

"Of course, my lord."

[darksskull]

Could There Be Planets Beyond Neptune? Yeah pluto comes to mind.

[WolfieDMinecraft]

Congrats on 1, 000 subscribers! I love this new update of Internet Explorer!

[Desmaad]

"Stop whining about Pluto", ROFLMAO.

[jones]

I love science. There's always the possibility of finding something new and exciting.

[markog]

I wonder if you took all of the writing/comments on the Internet about pluto, printed them, and sent them to pluto, would that be big enough to make it a that is when we will stop whining.

[sheepwshotguns]

even if those "planets" were discovered, they probably couldn't really be classified as planets if they haven't cleared the debris field along their orbits, and at that distance and relative speed, to do so would seem unlikely.

[upnflame]

That means we have even more asteroid defence out there fighting the good fight.