The hunt for the mysterious Planet Nine is on and one of the proposers of the universe of such an object now claim that it would be difficult to excuse some feature of the Solar System if the unknown planet is not discovered .
That Planet Nine be was first proposed by Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown inJanuary 2016 , base on the rum constellation of some distant object beyond Neptune . This universe is expected to have 10 times the mass of our satellite and orbits 20 clock time further out than Neptune . No direct observation has see it but the example for it being out there is becoming more and more compelling .
" There are now five unlike job of experimental evidence pointing to the existence of Planet Nine , " Batygin say in astatement . " If you were to absent this explanation and guess Planet Nine does not exist , then you generate more problems than you work out . All of a sudden , you have five different puzzles , and you must come up with five different theory to excuse them . "
The first three wrinkle of evidence have to do with the object of the Kuiper Belt , the realm of the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune , and were part of the first paper Batygin and Brown write about Planet Nine . All detected objects so far have elliptical orbits pointing in the same direction and their ambit are wobble at about 30 degree with respect to the planer of the Solar System . The existence of such a satellite would suggest the front of objects revolve at a 90 grade tilt and five of such objects fit the eyeshade .
The fourth comes from afollow - up studyled by Elizabeth Bailey that showed how Planet Nine could explain the tilt of the Solar System . The planets all orbit very tight to a single plane , but the plane is wobble at 6 degree with respect to the Sun ’s equator . This whodunit can be solved by adding something like Planet Nine to the premix . The last clue is about “ contrarian ” , objects in the Kuiper Belt that revolve in the opposite focusing to residual of the Solar System poppycock . Planet Nine could do their unusual behaviour .
" No other model can explain the bizarreness of these high - inclination orbits , " Batygin add . " It grow out that Planet Nine provides a innate avenue for their generation . These things have been twisted out of the Solar System carpenter’s plane with help from Planet Nine and then scattered inward by Neptune . "
The case for a ninth planet is satisfying but until we actually get an observance , all of this is speculation . The researchers will continue the search inDecember .
