# Planet X : time to credit the Sumerians

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-x-time-to-credit-the-sumerians/744080 "2016-01-24T15:22:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nansbread1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-x-time-to-credit-the-sumerians/744080/1 "2016-01-24T15:22:40Z")

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Yes we know that 2 astronomers have predicted the existence of a large planet called the Planet x or planet 9. But the ancient Sumerians predicted this a long time ago. How come no newspaper has mentioned their achievements?

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-x-time-to-credit-the-sumerians/744080/2 "2016-01-24T15:34:45Z")

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Maybe this is why.

[The Myth of a Sumerian 12th Planet](http://www.michaelsheiser.com/nibirupage.htm)

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> This tri-fold (fourfold if you count Mercury) designation for Nibiru is why scholars of cuneiform astronomy have not been able to determine with certainty what exactly Nibiru is. We’ll go into the problem more in later sections. One thing is certain from the texts, though: Nibiru is NEVER identified as a planet beyond Pluto.

“Keep an open mind, but not so open that anyone can dump their garbage into it.”

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-x-time-to-credit-the-sumerians/744080/3 "2016-01-24T15:34:46Z")

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NM - Exapno got there first!

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**Author:** ![Wallydraigle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wallydraigle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallydraigle)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-x-time-to-credit-the-sumerians/744080/4 "2016-01-24T15:38:48Z")

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The Sumerians never really believed in a “Planet X” in the way today’s woo people try to make out. This is all based on gross and irresponsible “translations” from a woo-peddler named Zachariah Sitchin to sell woo books. There are only a handful of actual instances of the mistranslated word “Nibiru” in cuneiform texts being used in a celestial sense, and they largely refer to Jupiter. They certainly didn’t predict a ninth planet in any kind of scientific sense.