Planet Hunters Talk

Kuiper belt clues

  • ajamyajax by ajamyajax

    See "Kuiper belt clues" paragraph for quote (sorry I just came across this article today).

    But exciting stuff, Meg!! Hope you find Planet X.

    "A Distant Planet May Be Hiding Far Beyond Neptune"

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/distant-planet-may-lurk-far-beyond-neptune

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  • mschwamb by mschwamb scientist in response to ajamyajax's comment.

    Hiya,

    Thanks. Yeah the one of the other sides of my split personality is studying the Kuiper belt and the small bodies beyond Netpune in the outer Solar System. That's what my PhD thesis was on.

    Cheers,

    ~Meg

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  • ajamyajax by ajamyajax

    Just a related story that might interest..

    "Trans-Neptunian objects suggest that there are more planets in the solar system"

    http://phys.org/news/2015-01-trans-neptunian-planets-solar.html

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Thank you for sharing!

    Kepler stuff has been in the news quite a bit lately. It really seems to strike a chord with people. Awesome!

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  • ajamyajax by ajamyajax

    "Done with Pluto, New Horizons will drift in endless sea of space"

    http://phys.org/news/2015-07-pluto-horizons-drift-endless-sea.html

    "This summer, the scientists running the mission will identify a target in the Kuiper Belt, the mass of small objects that circle the sun beyond the main planets, and set a course to explore it, given the go-ahead from NASA. It's a less exciting mission than documenting Pluto, but still an important one."

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