Posted on 08/31/2016 8:14:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin
In a paper that was recently accepted by The Astronomical Journal, Sheppard and Trujillo present their latest discoveries, which they claim are further constraining the location of Planet 9.
...Sheppard and Trujillo relied on information obtained by the Dark Energy Camera on the Victor Blanco 4-meter telescope in Chile and the Japanese Hyper Suprime-Camera on the 8-meter Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.
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Their most recent discovery was a small collection of more extreme objects who’s peculiar orbits differ from the extreme and inner Oort cloud objects, in terms of both their eccentricities and semi-major axes. As with discoveries made using other instruments, these appear to indicate the presence of something massive effecting their orbits.
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They include 2014 SR349, an extreme TNO that has similar orbital characteristics as the previously-discovered extreme bodies that led Sheppard and Trujillo to infer the existence of a massive object in the region.
Another is 2014 FE72, an object who’s orbit is so extreme that it reaches about 3000 AUs from the Sun in a massively-elongated ellipse – something which can only be explained by the influence of a strong gravitational force beyond our Solar System.
And then there’s 2013 FT28, which is similar but also different from the other extreme objects. For instance, 2013 FT28 shows similar clustering in terms of its semi-major axis, eccentricity, inclination, and argument of perihelion angle, but is different when it comes to its longitude of perihelion. This would seem to indicates that this particular clustering trend is less strong among the extreme TNOs.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
I know where planet 9 is, it is called Pluto!
Once a “Made Member” of the Planet Family, you can not be “unmade” no matter what a few scientist think.
Once a “Made Member” of the Planet Family...
Somewhere, Ed Wood is smiling.
Obama lets NASA look for TNO’s even though they have nothing to do with Muslim contributions to science because he thinks Trans-Neptunian Objects are transgendered.
didn't learn in pubic school... 
Attack of the 50 - Foot Woman '
Yes.
Ha! When you are that large, it’s hard to really cover all the naughty bits effectively. :-)
I propose we name it Floyd.
the Sumerians knew about Nibiru 6000 years ago
Take me to your ladder. Take me to your leader later.
I agree! We had a planet and the elitist decided it wasn’t good enough for them. I think they want to find a planet that they can create a mystery planet!
Good news! The arrival of this planet is nigh! It’s coming right here to earth. And it’s got wonderful aim, too!!!!!!!!. See picture:
http://www.theweeklyobserver.com/ninth-planet-nibiru-said-to-hit-earth-in-september-2016/11250/
I think that I'm getting nostalgic..... 
'Queen of Outer Space' 
'Creature From the Black Lagoon' 
Oh that is good news!
My favorite movie of all time. I was so frightened throughout.
Plans 1 through 8 must have really stunk. Maybe they should have gone with Plan 10.
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