Dear Michael,
Being a Brown Dwarf makes it the perfect dark
object for conspiracy theorists....or not. Based on the distance
you cited in the first article of being somewhere between 2 and 3 AU
from earth, this object would be EXTREMELY visible with the NAKED
EYE. A telescope would be unnecessary. The word ' brown' is
not indicative of it's color, it is indicative of it's
temperature. A brown dwarf is like a fence rider. It is to
massive to be a planet, yet not massive enough to ignite fusion of its
gases to become a star. It is neither a planet or a star, but
something in between. Even so, it could emit some light of its
own electromagnetically from the surface I suppose. Large
scopes have sighted one optically from 20 light years
distance. However, this object if it existed and was truly a
brown dwarf within the distance you described, it would
NOT NEED to emit its own light to be visible. Its
density would be greater than the GAS GIANT Jupiter which also does not
emit its own light, but rather REFLECTS the light of the sun. A
brown dwarf made up of the same type of elements as Jupiter would be
HIGHLY REFLECTIVE of the SUN'S LIGHT. It would be so bright
a blind man could see it. Not really, but everyone else could.
IF you understood how many NASA engineers
it takes to install ONE SCREW, you would quickly realize that any
conspiracy originating behind NASA's doors could not be contained as
there are too many loose lips in ANY organization with several thousand
people. I'm not saying NASA knows it all, but if there was a
Nibiru they would tell it seeking billions from Congress to study it,
send probes, etc. What of the other space agencies in the world?
Are they keeping the secret too?
YBIC,
Kevin H.