Potential orbit of mysterious Planet Nine which may lurk on edge of our solar system has been plotted by scientists

Daily Mail ^

[algore]

Scientists have debated the existence of Planet Nine since it was first introduced several years ago, but a new study has determined the orbit of the alleged celestial object.

Caltech researchers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin have plotted the orbital path of the mystical planet, which has yet to be discovered.

In a blog post, Brown detailed that the 'highest probability' of Planet Nine's location is near aphelion - the point at which it is furthest from the sun - around 60 degrees in Right Ascension, 'pretty close to the galactic plane.'

If in fact Planet Nine were at the median distance of aphelion right now, it would be roughly 500 astronomical units (AU), or approximately 46.5 billion miles away from the sun.

In their analysis, they estimate that Planet Nine has a mass of 6.2 times that of the Earth and a periphelion (the point at which it is closest to the sun) of around 300 AU.

It also has an inclination - how much it tilts compared to the solar system's plane - of around 16 degrees.

Planet Nine and its existence has been controversial, with many other researchers claiming it doesn't exist.

In February, a group of researchers stated that the unusual orbits in the Kuiper Belt may be an illusion.

Others have suggested the object is a mirage or may be a black hole the size of a grapefruit.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well yes, they took a vote at a conference. And Pluto lost. (It was conference consensus, right? And Pluto lost ... because it was discovered by an American, and the euro’s were jealous of Bush.)

[Mr. K]

Plan 9, I think. There was a documentary on it once made by Ed Wood.

[zeugma]

## Well yes, they took a vote at a conference. And Pluto lost. (It was conference consensus, right? And Pluto lost ... because it was discovered by an American, and the euro’s were jealous of Bush.)

The thing that pisses me off about this is that this group had no standing. Why the hell did so many people just suddenly start pretending that Pluto wasn’t a planet? I was shocked by the entire things.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Not to be confused with “Plan 9 From Outer Space”.

[bert]

Ooops.....

I didn’t mean to write creationist.

I thought I wrote Accretionists. Planets are created by gravitational accretion of asteroids and other objects

[ealgeone]

No problem!

[SunkenCiv]

I set the time index differently with the photo link, the text link starts at the beginning.

Move over Pluto - Is there a 9th planet in our Solar System? Dr. Malhotra and other planetary scientists have discovered the theory of Planet 9 after noticing that something was exerting a gravitational force on objects in the Kuiper Belt – an area of comets, the dwarf planet Pluto and huge icy objects beyond Neptune that encircles the whole solar system.

An esteemed professor of physics, member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Malhotra is an esteemed astrophysicist. She has examined a wide variety of topics, spanning from extrasolar planets to the meteoric bombardment history of the planets. She has revolutionized our understanding of the formation of “Plutinos” and other small planets, as well as the orbital migration of giant planets. She cannot help us understand why man-buns are in style.

The Search for Planet 9 | Dr. Renu Malhotra | TEDxPortland | July 17, 2017 | TEDx Talks

[Jim Noble]

Pluto will always be a planet to me.

And baseball will never be right until the Dodgers come home.

[SunkenCiv]

Does Planet 9 Exist?
September 13, 2019
Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe83T9hISoY
https://www.youtube.com/c/veritasium/videos

Planet Nine from Outer Space - Konstantin Batygin, at USI
July 2, 2019
USI Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywrgee0aiFI

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=batygin

[Nails on chalkboard each time one of these jokers pronounce it Sagan-style — the pron. yuu-RAY-nəs is corrrect.]