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Re:Race to discover Planet Nine using astronomy and new comp... by sohkamyung on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @01:22AM (#14898089)
Nibiru is usually referred to as "Planet X". If it was called "Planet IX", it would be a better fit. :-)
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Re:Race to discover Planet Nine using astronomy and new comp... by richmarr on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:10AM (#14899197)
IX would be a slightly ominous name to choose :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ix_(Dune)
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Re:Race to discover Planet Nine using astronomy and new comp... by moomin on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:40AM (#14899641)
There's a remark in one of the books that the Ixians were completely unaware that their planet was named that because it was the ninth out from the Sun.
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