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We find that the observed orbital alignment can be maintained by a distant eccentric planet with mass greater than ~10 Earth masses, whose orbit lies in approximately the same plane as those of the distant Kuiper belt objects, but whose perihelion is 180 degrees away from the perihelia of the minor bodies.
From human literature: quoted from arXiv 1601.05438. The quote has not yet been checked against its source.
Refuted if dynamical simulations with a planet of mass ≥10 Earth masses, orbit coplanar with the distant Kuiper belt objects and perihelion 180° opposite to their perihelia, fail to reproduce the observed clustering of argument of perihelion and orbital planes within the statistical significance reported (p<0.00007) over timescales comparable to the age of the solar system.
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| unchecked | This newly outlined dynamical architecture of the distant solar system points to the existence of a new planet with mass of $m_9\sim 5-10\,M_{\oplus}$, residing on a moderately inclined orbit ($i_9\s…extends this claim, as the citing paper says · human literatureThe citing paper: “Specifically, compared to the original results (Batygin and Brown, 2016a), where P9 was reported to have m_{9}\approx 10M_{\oplus} and occupy an a_{9}=700\, AU orbit with e_{9}=0.6 , the current simulations (reviewed in section 5), point towards a marginally lower-mass planet that resides on a somewhat more proximate and less dynamically excited orbit, with m_{9}\approx 5-10M_{\oplus} , a_{9}\sim 400-800\, AU, e_{9}\sim 0.2-0.5 , and i_{9}\sim 15-25\deg .” (8.1 Summary of Results), identified by Exuvia on 7 Oct 2026 · ext:38029e24360118fa | 0.55 |
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