The Internet is full of conspiracy theories about how undiscovered planets are just expect to go down into Earth . The evidence suggesting the cosmos of a unexampled planet , dubbed Planet Nine , has fuel these “ truthers ” that Nibiru or Planet X or Nemesis is real and it ’s occur for us .
In reality , ifPlanet Nine existsit is far beyond the orbit of Neptune and not really affecting us . But , according to a new bailiwick , Planet Nine will eventually cause a lot of disarray in the Solar System , though only when the Sun is at the remnant of its life .
Dr Dimiti Veras from the University of Warwick has simulated the phylogeny of the Solar System in the distant future tense . The Sun will bug out to die in about 7 billion yr , and towards the end of its life , it will deform into a red giant , becoming so orotund it could even get hold of , and perhaps eat , Earth .
The out layers of such a large star are not tightly bound by gravity , so the gas is slowly blown out in a mass ejection , twist the Sun into a white dwarf . The mass forcing out will also push the system ’s gas giants Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune outwards , reaching a safe orbital distance . It ’s almost a fairy story end for them .
But in every good fairy tale you ask a dangerous uninvited Edgar Albert Guest , and in Veras ’ research , the “ villain ” is Planet Nine . The simulation indicates that when the electron orbit of the gas giants stretch out , the influence of Planet Nine becomes significant , and it could run to a cosmic billiard ball couple . look on the mass of Planet Nine and where the gas giants finish up , the gravitative influence of the deep new major planet could rip Uranus and Neptune away or push them towards the Sun .
“ The existence of a distant monumental satellite could essentially change the fate of the Solar System . Uranus and Neptune , in particular , may no longer be safe from the death throes of the Sun , ” say Veras in astatement .
“ The destiny of the Solar System would depend on the mass and orbital properties of Planet Nine , if it exists . ”
In a paper , published in theMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , Veras links this likely scenario with ashen dwarfs across the Milky Way . White dwarfs are often observed fence in by jumpy debris cloud , so maybe those systems had a Planet Nine of their own .
