Discussion Undiscovered planet beyond Neptune (to be confirmed within next 3 years)

[marees]

While the team believes that the candidate warrants follow-up investigations, the data is not enough to predict an orbit of the object, if it happened to be the elusive Planet Nine. Further observations will be needed to close in on the planet, if it exists at all.

The study is available to read on the pre-print server arXiv.

Astronomers Find Potential Candidate For Planet Nine In 40-Year-Old Data

The bright spot could potentially be the elusive Planet Nine, if it exists at all.

www.iflscience.com

 

[marees]

So if this thing is 700 AU.. it'll take about 200 years if we start today unless we find a faster means of sending probes.

Your statement is right as of today but 20 years ahead the tech could be more advanced. So by then maybe we can send a probe to the distant planet in 50 years

So 20+50 = 70 years from now ??

 

[marees]

For now, the scientific community remains divided over the interpretation of current data. The discovery of a new candidate renews interest in this astronomical enigma, but only observational confirmation can settle the debate.

MSN