Comment Comment by perihelions This cannot be evidence of Planet 9 (the Batygin and Brown hypothesis)—it's outright incompatible with it.https://bsky.app/profile/plutokiller.com/post/3lnqm2ymbd22rIf those two spots are the same object, that object is on a high-inclination orbit; but the pattern the Planet 9 hypothesis explains is only compatible with a low-inclination object. parent perihelions 1 year ago
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If those two spots are the same object, that object is on a high-inclination orbit; but the pattern the Planet 9 hypothesis explains is only compatible with a low-inclination object.