The mysterious ninth planet in our solar system has never been seen.
But researchers firmly believe in its existence.
Now light could soon be brought into the darkness.
Astronomers have
been studying
the mystery of a
ninth planet
in our solar system for
years
.
The researchers disagree: is it really a planet?
New technology
could soon shed light on the darkness.
The
universe
has always fascinated mankind.
The Egyptians were already concerned with our solar system.
But despite modern technology and decades of research, not everything is known about our solar system.
The mysterious
ninth planet
appears again and again
.
Is there another satellite in our solar system after Neptune?
Research may soon know more.
Space: Mysterious ninth planet - researchers suspect other planets behind Neptune
Since the 2000s, the theory of a
ninth planet
beyond Neptune's orbit has been gaining momentum.
Various scientists, including the Brazilian astronomer Rodney Gomes and US astronomer Chad Trujillo with his colleague Scott Sheppard, studied the
orbits of trans-Neptunian objects
.
These include dwarf planets that move around the sun beyond Neptune.
The researchers noticed similar orbits of the so-called KGO, which could be traced back to an attraction by another body, for example objects of planetary mass, reports focus.
So a
ninth planet in our solar system
?
The researchers Batygin and Brown at a California university also stated in 2016 that the probability of a random constellation was only 0.007%.
The
planet
could be an ice giant ten times the mass of Earth.
After corrected research on five Earth masses, Batygin said in 2019: "With five Earth masses, it is reminiscent of super-earths that exist in foreign star systems."
Mysterious ninth planet: research disagrees - planet or black hole?
Is
planet nine
a planet at all?
Research disagrees.
Because the deviations in the orbits of the Trans-Neptunian objects can also be explained differently.
A “brown dwarf” that passes in interstellar space, many small objects that influence the orbits or a so-called
primordial black hole would also be possible,
according to focus.de.
A primordial
black hole
is a slight form of a black hole that was probably formed around the time of the Big Bang, according to Spektrum.de.
The Austrian computer scientist and science author Marcus Stöger describes the idea of a black hole or a brown dwarf as “funny ideas that cannot be ruled out, but the probability is negligible”, according to focus.de.
Further
research
, however, sees the existence of a
planet-like celestial body
as unlikely.
A black hole would explain the previously missing trail of light on a ninth planet, according to the online magazine heise.de.
Space: Mysterious ninth planet: New technology could shed light on the darkness
A new
telescope
could soon shed light on the darkness.
The
Vera C. Rubin Observatory
is a telescope that can completely photograph the night sky in three nights.
It could thus detect objects that are pulled into a potential black hole and thus indirectly shed light on the darkness of research around the
ninth planet
.
The telescope will be operational in 2022, according to the Rubin Observatory.
And until then the researchers and those interested in space will have to be patient a little longer.
It is possible that the planet has already been found unconsciously.
Legacy of a genius should inspire astronomy by telescope
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