the Earth and the Moon as being a double planetary system as the ancient Sumerians did then the
actual number of bodies existing in our Solar System is now raised to 12 thereby confirming the
6000 year old Sumerian accounts. The Astronauts of the Space Shuttle Discovery also spent time
observing and photographing the planet (which also has at least one moon) during their August
2005 mission to the international Space Station (fig.169).
This discovery is of enormous significance.
As yet too little is known about the new celestial body to announce anything significant except
that it is most certainly there. Even its actual size is still a matter for dispute. Some have
estimated its size to be smaller than Pluto and some have estimated it to be larger than Earth. As
yet the planet is still too far away to be certain of much at all except the fact that it is definitely
orbiting our Sun. However since this planet was first noticed in 1985, again in 1995 and is now
easier to discern and has just been positively confirmed as solar member in 2005, it is then
reasonable to assume that it is slowly getting closer which indicates the distinct possibility that it
follows a vast elliptical orbit. This fact is also of significant importance because it also validates
the Sumerian accounts.
The Official Nasa press release number 05-209 reads as follows
Scientists Discover Tenth Planet
A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system.
The planet was discovered using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory near
San Diego, Calif. The discovery was announced today by planetary scientist Dr. Mike Brown of
the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., whose research is partly funded by
NASA.
Fig.169The planet is a typical member of the Kuiper belt, but its sheer size in relation to the nine
known planets means that it can only be classified as a planet, Brown said. Currently about 97
times further from the sun than the Earth, the planet is the farthest-known object in the solar
system, and the third brightest of the Kuiper belt objects.
"It will be visible with a telescope over the next six months and is currently almost directly