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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2018-10-02 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 02-10-2018

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[personal profile] danieldwilliam 2018-10-02 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
If I understand the description of the orbit of the Goblin world correctly it's in quite an elipical orbit, ranging from 65 AU to 2,300 AU and the implication of this is that it's being pulled out of a more circular orbit by a large body orbiting further out aka Planet Nine, (or as it used to be known when I was a lad, Planet X).

Which is pretty cool - that we can spot something that large (or small) but we can't yet see something much, much larger.
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About the Goblin and So Many Other Things in Astronomy Right Now

[personal profile] dewline 2018-10-03 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Wondrous and frustrating all at once.