Further support and a candidate location for Planet 9. (arXiv:2205.07675v1 [astro-ph.EP])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Socas_Navarro_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Hector Socas-Navarro</a>
The existence of a hypothetical Planet 9 lurking in the outer solar system
has been proposed as an explanation for the the anomalous clustering in the
orbits of some trans-Neptunian objects. Here we propose to use meteors arriving
at Earth as messengers with the potential of revealing the presence of a
hitherto undiscovered massive object. The peculiar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08,
recenty proposed as the first interstellar meteor, might be one such messenger.
Its procedence on the sky matches the predicted band of Planet 9’s orbit and it
is actually compatible with the highest probability region. The odds of this
coincidence being due to chance are of ~0.5%. Furthermore, some statistical
anomalies about CNEOS 2014-01-08 are resolved under the hypothesis that it was
flung at Earth by Planet 9, as opposed to being the result of an unmediated
interstellar encounter with our planet. Based on the available data, we propose
the region at coordinates RA:50.0{pm}4{deg}, dec:11.8{pm}1.8{deg} in the
constellation of Aries, as the first candidate location for Planet 9.
The existence of a hypothetical Planet 9 lurking in the outer solar system
has been proposed as an explanation for the the anomalous clustering in the
orbits of some trans-Neptunian objects. Here we propose to use meteors arriving
at Earth as messengers with the potential of revealing the presence of a
hitherto undiscovered massive object. The peculiar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08,
recenty proposed as the first interstellar meteor, might be one such messenger.
Its procedence on the sky matches the predicted band of Planet 9’s orbit and it
is actually compatible with the highest probability region. The odds of this
coincidence being due to chance are of ~0.5%. Furthermore, some statistical
anomalies about CNEOS 2014-01-08 are resolved under the hypothesis that it was
flung at Earth by Planet 9, as opposed to being the result of an unmediated
interstellar encounter with our planet. Based on the available data, we propose
the region at coordinates RA:50.0{pm}4{deg}, dec:11.8{pm}1.8{deg} in the
constellation of Aries, as the first candidate location for Planet 9.
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