Planet Nine

Artwork depicting Planet Nine, a theorized super-Earth orbiting the Sun several tens of billions of kilometers out. Observations of distant icy worlds imply this planet exists.
Could TESS have already seen Planet Nine?
Phil Plait
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Does Planet 9 Exist? <All signs (still) point to 'yes'>
Phil Plait
Feb 25, 2019
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Artwork of a possible planet far, far away. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
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Meet your very, *very* distant solar system neighbor 2018 VG18
Phil Plait
Dec 18, 2018
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Artwork depicting the extremely distant Kuiper Belt Object 2018 VG18. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science
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A newly discovered *extremely* distant icy world points to Planet 9
Phil Plait
Oct 2, 2018
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Artwork depicting Planet Nine, a theorized super-Earth orbiting the Sun several tens of billions of kilometers out. Observations of distant icy worlds imply this planet exists.
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Theoretical Planet Nine may be our solar system's Rogue One
Elizabeth Rayne
Jan 21, 2017
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