in the #arXiv

Orbit of a Possible Planet X

by Amir Siraj, Christopher F. Chyba, and Scott Tremaine
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18170

#SolarSystem #TransNeptunianObjects #KuiperBelt #PlanetX #planet #planets #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #physics #space #science #STEM

🚨 News from the Kuiper Belt

SwRI scientists find evidence of geothermal processes producing methane from within icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake

➡️ press release https://swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets

➡️ Icarus paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115999

#MakeMake #Eris #dwarfplanets #KuiperBelt #KBO #KuiperBeltObjects #TNO #TransNeptunianObjects #icyworlds #methane #volatiles #molecules #geochemistry #cosmochemistry #astrobiology #life #planetary #science #JWST #SolarSystem #SwRI #IcarusJournal #astronomy #astrodon

There could be a hidden planet in our solar system, the size of Uranus. A new study suggests a large object beyond Neptune, orbiting the sun in a highly elongated path. The object could explain the unusual movements of some trans-Neptunian objects or small icy bodies in the outer solar system.

#HiddenPlanet #SolarSystem #TransNeptunianObjects https://www.newscientist.com/article/2379864-our-solar-system-could-be-hiding-an-extra-planet-the-size-of-uranus/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter