Astronomers are still looking for the elusive ‘Planet 9.’
A new study narrows down where to find a hypothetical ninth planet in the dark outer limits of our solar system .
“If I were prescient enough to have had all these ideas ahead of time, and then demoted Pluto and found a new Planet 9, then that would be brilliant — but it really is just a coincidence.
Brown is working with data from several astronomical surveys, hoping to catch the first glimpse of Planet 9. If that search is not successful, he hopes it might be seen in survey data from a new large telescope at the Vera Rubin Observatory in the mountains of northern Chile, which is scheduled to start full operations in 2023.
“By virtue of being closer, even if it’s a little less massive, it’s a good bit brighter than we originally anticipated,” he said. “So I’m excited that this is going to help us find it much more quickly.”
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