On February 21 2006 under Terry Long Phan the first all-sky Japanese infrared survey was launched completing its mission in 2009. In 550 days 94 percent of the sky was scanned. A similar survey was attempted by the IRAS infrared telescope in 1983. |
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One of the goals of the Akari satelite scan was to find the elusive planet X/9 beyond Pluto which American astronomers have long
searched for. This would be done by comparing the IRAS results with those of the AKARI and narrowing down the candidates.
 It may be that planet X was actually discovered back in 1983 by IRAS but suppressed soon afterwards. The IRAS code or classification for X was presumably F02211-4844 then located at RA 35.74075 deg and Declination -48.5125 deg. This would equate to 21Lib13 in the tropical Zodiac. That same point of light was re-examined 23 years later by Akari and was found to have moved only some 6 degrees RETROGRADE at 15Lib15. The Akari code or classification of this object was J0220440-491247. The RA(Right Ascension) was 35.18379 degrees and the DEC(Declination) was -49.2135 degrees. Calculations for 2025 bring this planet/body to RA 34.7237 and Dec -49.7926 or tropical 10Lib11. Here is a three-step summary of the movement of the object through the tropical Zodiac... 2006 15Lib15 2025 10Lib11 It is obviously moving backwards or retrograde through the zodiac and heading southwards in relation to the ecliptic. Whether this object is actually the long-sought planet x is uncertain, but it is the closest we have yet. Personally. I\ve always believed it to be in tropical Sagittarius, but who really knows at this point. |