Orbital clustering in the distant solar system
| Autor: | Michael E. Brown, Konstantin Batygin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
Physics Inclined orbit Solar System 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Giant planet FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Longitude of the periapsis Orbital pole Space and Planetary Science Position (vector) Planet 0103 physical sciences Physics::Space Physics Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Cluster analysis 010303 astronomy & astrophysics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
| Popis: | The most distant Kuiper belt objects appear to be clustered in longitude of perihelion and in orbital pole position. To date, the only two suggestions for the cause of these apparent clusterings have been either the effects of observational bias or the existence of the distant giant planet in an eccentric inclined orbit known as Planet Nine. To determine if observational bias can be the cause of these apparent clusterings, we develop a rigorous method of quantifying the observational biases in the observations of longitude of perihelion and orbital pole position. From this now more complete understanding of the biases we calculate that the probability that these distant Kuiper belt objects would be clustered as strongly as observed in both longitude of perihelion and in orbital pole position is only 0.2%. While explanations other than Planet Nine may someday be found, the statistical significance of this clustering is now difficult to discount. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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