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  • Newfound Dwarf Planet 'The Goblin' May Lead to Mysterious Planet Nine

    10/02/2018 4:03:38 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 22 replies
    Space.com ^ | October 2, 2018 10:01am ET | Mike Wall,
    2015 TG387, a newfound object in the far outer solar system, way beyond Pluto. The orbit of 2015 TG387 shares peculiarities with those of other extremely far-flung bodies, which appear to have been shaped by the gravity of a very large object in that distant, frigid realm — the hypothesized Planet Nine, also known as Planet X. "These distant objects are like breadcrumbs leading us to Planet X," And 2015 TG387 is special among these bread crumbs, because it was found during a relatively uniform survey of the northern and southern skies rather than a targeted hunt for clustered objects...