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Before you flame me, let me just say I'm perfectly aware that neither Nibiru nor Planet-X exist. I only suggest this as humor, don't take it seriously...

According to all sorts of sources about Planet Nibiru aka Planet-X, it's supposed to be on a 3600 year orbit. There's also any number of sizes claimed... Everything from 5 times the size of earth to 10 times the size of Jupiter.

Has anybody bothered adding in Nibiru or Planet X into any databases? If so, how many versions? Maybe we should discuss, even if for the sake of silliness, adding in Nibiru and exactly where it is and what it's orbit and size are so we can maybe put it in an addon-file as a joke... Kinda like the Hitchhiker's Guide planets that I've seen floating around for putting into Celestia...

Could be a lot of fun, but how do we model the insane orbit and various "personas"?

I have always though the theory of Nemesis would be fun to add to. The Nemesis theory I am referring to is the so-called companion star to Sol (Sun) the theory goes that this was a star that did not quite achieve sufficient mass to become a star and instead it was left a brown dwarf. Nemesis is supposed to orbit our system once every ten thousand years in a highly elliptical orbit. When the Nemesis is closest, it disturbs the ort cloud beyond our solar system, sending a wave of meteor and comets’ heading toward the inner solar system and it is this disturbance that is responsible for the ten thousand impact cycle that leads to the possible mass extinction.

Anyway I thought it would be fun to mention that.

You may already be aware of this, but a rather nice add-on download is availabe at http://bruckner.homelinux.net/addons.html. I believe the textures are fictional, and it does include several orbiting moons, but with a few alterations you could easily use this file as Planet X. Inform me if the link doesn't work.

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