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PhysOrg: more planets in the solar system??

Post by Doum » Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:43 pm

There could be at least two unknown planets hidden well beyond Pluto, whose gravitational influence determines the orbits and strange distribution of objects observed beyond Neptune. This has been revealed by numerical calculations made by researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge. If confirmed, this hypothesis would revolutionise solar system models.
http://phys.org/news/2015-01-trans-nept ... solar.html

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Re: PhysOrg: more planets in the solar system??

Post by bystander » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:33 pm


Flipping minor bodies: what comet 96P/Machholz 1 can tell us about the orbital evolution of extreme trans-Neptunian objects
and the production of near-Earth objects on retrograde orbits
- C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, S. J. Aarseth Extreme trans-Neptunian objects and the Kozai mechanism:
signalling the presence of trans-Plutonian planets
- C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos
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An astrobite on this research paper

Post by MargaritaMc » Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:51 pm

Today's astrobite by David Wilson, a PhD student at the University of Warwick, explores this research Are There Two Missing Planets In The Solar System?
"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS

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