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Planet X: SIZE as Expected


Pierre-Eric has provided a marked images as a size guide:

    Assuming the sci.astro conclusions of :
        Nibiru's Swirl = 3% Jupiter, 33% Uranus.
    it leds to :
        Nibiru's Swirl ~ 1.2 arcsec (0.6" Dec) (diameter)
        Nibiru itself ~ 0.30 arsec

    This is lower than a good 'seeing' (1 arcsec). A seeing of
    1 arcsec means a ponctual object appears as a ~1 arcsec
    diameter disk. It depends on the conditions of the
    atmosphere (turbulence). For example the night I did my
    observation (19th January) there was a lot of wind so the
    seeing was about 2-3 arcsec. So the object I observed
    which could be Nibiru had a diameter lower than 2 arcsec.
    So, Nibiru is still very difficult to detect, and needs a very
    good sky ('seeing') : the larger the seeing is, the fainter
    the object appears (the seeing spreads the intensity). That
    is why it is possible that Nibiru could be undetectable
    on Steve's images. See the image below to compare :
    Uranus is about 3.6 arcsec.
        Regards, Pierre-E
            (http://www.zetatalk.com/teams/rogue/pierre4.htm)