Published October 1988
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Journal article
Location of Planet X
Description
Observed positions of Uranus and Neptune along with residuals in right ascension and declination are used to constrain the location of a postulated tenth planet. The residuals are converted into residuals in ecliptic longitude and latitude. The results are then combined into seasonal normal points, producing average geocentric residuals spaced slightly more than a year apart that are assumed to represent the equivalent heliocentric average residuals for the observed oppositions. Such a planet is found to most likely reside in the region of Scorpius, with considerably less likelihood that it is in Taurus. 8 references
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astronomical Journal
- Journal Volume
- 96
- Series
- Astron. J.
- Journal Page Range
- 1476-1478
- ISSN
- 0004-6256
- CODEN
- ANJOA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20024593
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COORDINATES; NEPTUNE PLANET; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; URANUS PLANET
- Descriptors DEC
- SIMULATION