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Planet Nine is a hypothetical ninth planet in the outer region of the Solar System. [4] [2] 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).
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The missing Planet Nine is lurking somewhere in our solar system, and we're one step closer to discovering it. See why scientists think they can find Planet 9.
2013 RF98 orbit in green (upper left) with hypothetical Planet Nine. 2013 RF 98 was discovered by the Dark Energy Survey on September 12, 2013, observing with the 4 m Blanco Telescope from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. [1] Its orbit is characterized by high eccentricity (0.897), moderate inclination (29.57º) and a semi-major axis of ...
A ninth planet is one form the solar system’s mysterious mass could take. After centuries of watching the skies, the map of our local solar system has grown quite detailed. In the impenetrable ...
2010 GB 174 is a detached object, discovered on 12 April 2010 on data taken at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope as part of the Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. [8] [9] It never gets closer than 48.5 AU from the Sun (about the outer edge of the Kuiper belt).
2015 BP 519 fits into the group of extreme trans-Neptunian objects that originally led to the prediction of Planet Nine. [a]: 13 The group consists of more than a dozen bodies with a perihelion greater than 30 AU and a semi-major axis greater than 250 AU, with 2015 BP 519 having the highest orbital inclination of any of these objects.
The possible existence of a mystery planet has long been debated, but astronomers from Spain just released a new paper reaffirming its presence. New evidence supports the existence of Planet Nine ...