Prospects for Unseen Planets Beyond Neptune
Abstract
Several anomalous features in the orbital distribution of distant Kuiper Belt objects have recently sparked suggestions of an unseen large planet (or two) orbiting beyond Neptune. I review the theoretical arguments and the prospects for the existence of unseen massive bodies in the distant solar system.
- Publication:
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Serendipities in the Solar System and Beyond
- Pub Date:
- August 2018
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1711.03444
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1711.03444
- Bibcode:
- 2018ASPC..513...45M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Based on an invited talk at the symposium, "Serendipities in the Solar System and Beyond", celebrating Wing-Huen Ip's 70th birthday, at the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taiwan, July 2017