Newly Found Planet Nine May Be A 'Rogue' Planet, Says New Study
Jason PalmerScientists may have just discovered the real "Rogue One" as recent developments about the hypothetical Planet Nine suggest that the planet may have been formed in another solar system and was just flung into our Solar System. According to recent scientific findings, Planet Nine may have been sucked into our Solar System by the gravitational pull of the sun.
According to Live Science, Planet Nine was a former rogue planet that has been wondering around the vast universe not belonging to any system and unattached to any star. This notion seems to be plausible as scientists believe that rogue planets are not uncommon in the universe and that they may actually outnumber normal planets.
In the recently concluded 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, researchers from New Mexico State University presented a study about the possibility that Planet Nine may in fact be a rogue planet. Researchers James Vasper and Paul Mason made use of simulations to prove that there is actually a great chance for our Sun to pull rogue planets in its gravity.
Vasper and Mason presented a total of 156 simulations and 40% of which proved their theory that the Sun's gravity can actually pull unattached planets and give it a stable orbit. The simulations presented made use of rogue planets with different sizes.
Using the simulations, the researchers made the hypothesis that large rogue planets may disrupt the natural orbits of local planets and may even kick out some planets from their natural orbit. Rogue planets that did not latch into the Sun's gravity were ejected from the system and would end up freely roaming the universe again.
Also, according to the research, Planet Nine is just about the right size to be captured by our Sun's gravitational pull and attach to our solar system without disrupting the organic flow of the local planets. This exciting discovery has just added more reason for scientist to search for the hypothetical Planet Nine.
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