28 min listen
The Hunt For Planet 9
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
On the outer edges of our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune, objects cluster in weird ways. This clustering led some scientists to search for something that could be acting as a gravitational shepherd, moving and modifying their orbits. That something could be Planet 9, a hypothetical planet at the edge of our solar system that could be tugging and clustering these far-out objects.
Released:
Feb 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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