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Title: Planet X - ract or fiction

Journal Article · · Planet. Rep.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6724563

The search for a possible tenth planet in our solar system is examined. The history of the discoveries of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are reviewed. Searches of the sky with telescopes and theoretical studies of the gravitational influences on the orbits of known objects in the solar system are discussed. Information obtained during the Pioneer 10 and 11 missions which could suggest the presence of an undiscovered planet and computer simulations of the possible orbit of a tenth planet are presented.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (USA)
OSTI ID:
6724563
Journal Information:
Planet. Rep.; (United States), Vol. 8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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