Expert: Tom Whiting - 3/30/2005

Question
is this website true about this planet mr astronomer just wondering??

http://www.greatdreams.com/nibiru.htm

Answer
Hi Joccelyn,
No! Absolutely Not!
This is all so-called "meta-physical"  Bullsh....!

Many of these metaphysical websites attempt to explain
various happenings with their own pet, off the wall,
theories, which differs greatly from mainstream astronomy.
This just one of those many sites.....
Notice how the author attempts to mis-lead by using,
down at the bottom of the website, actual and factual
data about Uranus, Neptune, etc.....so as to "convince"
the reader that the statements above it, are just as accurate....
they are not!
There is no connection between the factual FAQ at the
bottom, and his wild statements about a "12th" planet
at the top.  It is merely his own pet "hypothesis" with
no data, no hard facts, no nothing except his "ramblings".

Keep in mind Occam's Razor when comparing competing
theories...."The simplest explanation is most likely the
correct one"...simplest,  being the one that has the fewest
assumptions..... and his theory is just loaded with
Pre-assumptions, which are not required in the "real"
formation of the Solar System and life on the Earth.

Evidently this particular writer does not like, and does not agree with, most scientists that accept the evolutionary mechanism of formation of the Solar System, and evolutionary mechanism for life forming on the Earth....so he made up his own pet scenerio...without any facts, data, or observations to support it.  He attempts to use current facts as support, but if you use a close examination, all of the current facts he states at the bottom, do not support, or are not germane (related to) his off the wall theory of his so-called "12th planet" hypothesis.

Us real astronomers tend to just ignore this metaphysical
stuff, and avoid bothering with it.  Just go to the local
Library, check out a "real" astronomy college textbook,
read the chapter on Solar System formation,
and you'll be much further ahead of everyone else,
including the writer of that wild hypothesis!

Clear Skies,
Tom Whiting
Erie, PA

If I didn't make myself clear, this website is all....
poppycock  ( humbug, nonsense)....please avoid
all metaphysical websites on astronomy....the
web is loaded with this nonsense, because....
well, its a free country and anyone can type anything
they so choose.....doesn't make it accurate though.