Prospects for unseen planets beyond Neptune
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2017-11-10 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.03444,
title = {Prospects for unseen planets beyond Neptune},
author = {Renu Malhotra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.03444},
year = {2017}
}
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