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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).
[1] [2] The orbits of ETNOs are much less affected by the known giant planets than all other known trans-Neptunian objects. They may, however, be influenced by gravitational interactions with a hypothetical Planet Nine , shepherding these objects into similar types of orbits. [ 1 ]
The hypothetical Planet Nine would modify the orbits of extreme trans-Neptunian objects via a combination of effects. On very long timescales exchanges of angular momentum with Planet Nine cause the perihelia of anti-aligned objects to rise until their precession reverses direction, maintaining their anti-alignment, and later fall, returning them to their original orbits.
The new work represents “the strongest statistical evidence yet that Planet 9 is really out there”, he said. In the new work, scientists looked at a set of trans-Neptunian objects, or TNOs ...
The Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS) is an astronomical survey and observing program aimed at discovering and tracking trans-Neptunian objects located in the outermost regions of the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune.
TNOs: a vs. e (semi-log plot, 30–1000 AU): [1] Resonant plutinos (39 AU) and twotinos (48 AU) Inner and outer classical objects (< 39 and > 49 AU) Other resonant objects besides plutinos and twotinos Classical Kuiper belt objects (cubewanos) Scattered disc objects (SDO) Other TNOs (dots) and centaurs (asterisk) Sednoids, prominent ETNOs
Planet nine may be orbiting far from the Sun, at the edge of our solar system. Astronomers, seeing odd irregularities in the orbits of the outer planets suspect another, unknown, planet may orbit ...
There are a large number of resonant subgroups, the largest being the twotinos (1:2 resonance) and the plutinos (2:3 resonance), named after their most prominent member, Pluto. Members of the classical Edgeworth–Kuiper belt include 15760 Albion, Quaoar and Makemake. Another subclass of Kuiper belt objects is the so-called scattering objects (SO).