NHK reports Japanese astronomers have discovered what they call “floating planets”.

At least ten floating planets have been discovered using an observatory in New Zealand.  The planets have mass equal to the planet Jupiter, yet they exist outside any solar system, and apparently don’t need to orbit a star.

The discovery could back up the ancient Sumerian myths that describe a rogue planet (and its “companions”), with the mass of Jupiter, plowing its way through our solar system, resulting in the creation of the planet Earth.

The Vikings also have a myth about the end of days when the great wolf will seemingly swallow the sun and moon. Could these Ronin planets be the wolf?

I call these planets ‘Ronin’, meaning without master (referring to the Japanese astronomers, and that the planets don’t need a sun).