Re: Planet X - Why is it Moving so Fast?

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 02:34:36 GMT, Vencislav <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have formulas on top of my head to calculate
> the position and time needed for a planet/comet
> to come close to the Earth and Sun from a distance
> which is 9 times that of Pluto-Sun, but it seems to me
> that less then 2 years is to short.
> I don't think that Planet X can prevail the distance of
> 9 x 40 a.u. = 360 a.u. for about 2 years...
> 
> Any ideas on this question?
> 

Taking data from a 'Distance Table' found at this URL,

      http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/Tword03a.htm

and calculating a 'Velocity' column from the given data
points, shown at the bottom of this note, one finds an
approximate speed of about 2000 miles/second at the time PX
allegedly penetrates the ecliptic, passing some 37 million
miles from Earth's orbit, according to this URL:  

      http://www.zetatalk.com/science/s31.htm

I can't quite fathom what kind of orbit PX has at this
moment, but a straight-line 2000 miles/second is about 7
million miles per hour and at the distance it is allegedly
passing Earth, that amounts to about 10 celestial degrees
per hour of movement, excluding the effect of Earth's
rotation. 

A couple of comments:

1) BOY!  IS THAT SUCKER EVER MOVIN'(allegedly)!

2) Since the solar system escape velocity is supposed to be
   about 10 miles/second (54,000 feet/sec, according to NASA at
   http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/conghand/traject.htm),
   isn't PX, moving at 200 times this value, according their
   own data, going to just hyperbolize itself right on through
   us, practically ignoring the Sun's immense gravitational
   pull?

JJ  
N 24* 13' 
E120* 39'


*********** Data Table ****************

 Data | Weeks | 10^9 Miles| Velocity
Point | to Go | to Earth  | Miles/Sec
------|-------|-----------|------------
  1     182	 34.216       -----
  2      16      34.166	      6.36
  3     156      34.09	      9.67
  4     143      33.974	     14.75
  5      13      33.797      22.51
  6      11      33.528      34.21
  7     104      33.119	     52.02
  8      91      32.495	     79.37
  9      78      31.547     120.57
 10      65      30.103     183.66
 11      52      27.904	    279.69
 12      39      24.558	    425.57
 13      26      19.464     647.89
 14      13      11.71	    986.21
 15       9.7     9.166    1274.65
 16       5       5.041    1451.16
 17       3       3.086    1616.24
 18       2       2.06     1696.43
 19       1       1.216    1395.50
 20       0       0	   2010.58