Finding the location of Planet Nine

To find Planet Nine, we use N-body simulations to find the true anomaly of Planet Nine that would render distant KBOs the most stable. We obtain an interval of 162-198°matching the intervals given by Medvedev & Vavilov (2016) of 176-184° and Brown & Batygin (2016) of 180°. According to our results, Planet Nine should reside in the constellation Lepus.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Downey, Brynna G

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jack Wisdom.

• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114095

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/114095