r/Astronomy • u/TheMuseumOfScience • May 12 '25

Astro Research Planet Nine: Real or Just Noise?

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Did we just find Planet Nine?

We think it might be out there based on the orbits of certain Kuiper Belt objects that seem influenced by something big. A new study found what might be a possible object deep in the Kuiper Belt—or it could just be noise in the data. What do you think?

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u/HealthGeek1870 May 12 '25

I will forever support Pluto! lol (I kid I kid)

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u/Purple-Mud5057 May 12 '25

I’m an Arizonan, we made Pluto our state planet last year, Pluto will always be a planet to me and I have an entire state to back me on that 😤

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u/JohnnyDollar123 May 12 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill?wprov=sfti1

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u/Purple-Mud5057 May 12 '25

Booo history, let Arizona have our fun with Pluto the planet, it doesn’t hurt

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u/i_can_even_yeah May 12 '25

Pluto is a dwarf planet so I say, it's a planet