Prospects for unseen planets beyond Neptune [EPA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1711.03444


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.

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R. Malhotra
Fri, 10 Nov 17
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Comments: 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; proceedings to be published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific