New Potential Object in the Solar System

[PortalHunter]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briankoberle...ar-system/

There seem to be much speculation about this object, what it is and where exactly it is and all that.

[Rynn]

Original paper for those interested:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1512.02652v1.pdf

They conclude that it's either an extreme trans-neptunian object, a super-terrestrial planet or a very cool brown dwarf.

[QueElEs]

Shall we wait until they figure out which before we write about its settlement?

[Drashner1]

Might be best to give it a bit more time.

Todd

[stevebowers]

The curious fact is that this object has been discovered very near in the sky to where Alpha Centauri is, which seems like too much of a coincidence.

I suspect it is an imaging artifact of some sort, or maybe an artificial artifact on its way between the two systems (a beamrider?) (unlikely) but not a random planet in our system.