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Old July 21st 16, 09:30 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
RichA[_1_]
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Default The Hunt for Planet Nine Continues

On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 12:27:57 AM UTC-4, Quadibloc wrote:
Now it is seen as possibly responsible for a basic fact about the Solar System:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/spac...-weird-orbits/

And of course, this being due to "gravity" and "angular momentum", we wouldn't
know about this if it wasn't for Isaac Newton!

John Savard


Doesn't have the same ring as "Planet X" but if this thing is 3-10x as far as Pluhe to, it's impressive the Sun holds it in orbit.