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  2. Phaeton (hypothetical planet) - Wikipedia

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    Phaeton (alternatively Phaethon / ˈ f eɪ. ə θ ən / or Phaëton / ˈ f eɪ. ə t ən /; from Ancient Greek: Φαέθων, romanized: Phaéthōn, pronounced [pʰa.é.tʰɔːn]) was the hypothetical planet hypothesized by the Titius–Bode law to have existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the destruction of which supposedly led to the formation of the asteroid belt (including the ...

  3. Alan F. Alford - Wikipedia

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    The ‘exploded planet hypothesis’ of myth first appeared in Alford's book The Phoenix Solution, and was followed up in his subsequent books When The Gods Came Down and The Atlantis Secret. In The Phoenix Solution, Alford noted various Egyptian texts which appeared to describe ‘the fall of the sky’ and the ensuing fertilisation of the earth.

  4. List of hypothetical Solar System objects - Wikipedia

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    This hypothesis is now considered unlikely, since the asteroid belt has far too little mass to have resulted from the explosion of a large planet. In 2018, a study from researchers at the University of Florida found the asteroid belt was created from the fragments of at least five or six ancient planetary-sized objects instead of a single ...

  5. History of Solar System formation and evolution hypotheses

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    Four of these were helium-dominated, fluid, and unstable. These were V (Maldek, [22] V standing for the fifth planet, the first four including Mercury and Mars), K (Krypton), T (transneptunian), and Planet X. In these cases, the smaller moons exploded because of tidal stresses, leaving the four component belts of the two major planetoid zones.

  6. Planet Nine - Wikipedia

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    Planet Nine is a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. [2] [4] Its gravitational effects could explain the peculiar clustering of orbits for a group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs), bodies beyond Neptune that orbit the Sun at distances averaging more than 250 times that of the Earth i.e. over 250 astronomical units (AU).

  7. Tom Van Flandern - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Charles Van Flandern (June 26, 1940 – January 9, 2009) was an American astronomer and author who specialized in celestial mechanics.Van Flandern had a career as a professional scientist but was noted as an outspoken proponent of certain fringe views in astronomy, physics, and extraterrestrial life.

  8. Fictional planets of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Schematic diagram of the orbits of the fictional planets Vulcan, Counter-Earth, and Phaëton in relation to the five innermost planets of the Solar System.. Fictional planets of the Solar System have been depicted since the 1700s—often but not always corresponding to hypothetical planets that have at one point or another been seriously proposed by real-world astronomers, though commonly ...

  9. Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/List of pseudoscientific theories

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    Exploded Planet Hypothesis Seems at first glance a certain pseudo-science theory.. Danski14 05:23, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Photon Structure.. possible AfD or Speedy or Prod candidate. Danski14; Relativistic Variable Mass Synchrotron possible promotional essay. Danski14 20:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC) Three articles in particular,