The Mass, Orbit and Location of Planet Nine Derived from Classical Astrophysics

arXiv:2606.00612 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-30 · Read on arXiv

Mattia Galiazzo, Robert Finch

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-05-30

Comments: 19 pages,9 figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Clustering — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fidelity — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Jet Propulsion Lab — 3× in this paper
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• The Orbit of Planet Nine Derived from Engineering Physics
• A Search for Planet Nine with IRAS and AKARI Data

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