Institute for Advanced Study/Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium
The Continuing Search for Planet Nine
Several lines of evidence, both theoretical and observational, indicate that additional planets in the outer solar system remain to be discovered. Most recently, attention has been focused on 'Planet Nine',a few Earth mass planet with a moderate inclination at a distance of a few hundred AU (Trujillo & Sheppard 2014, Batygin & Brown 2016, Brown & Batygin 2016). I will review this evidence for the existence of this body and will present a variety of approaches that are being used to find it.
Date & Time
October 15, 2019 | 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location
Bloomberg Hall Lecture HallSpeakers
Matthew Holman
Affiliation
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Coffee and refreshments are available from 10:30 am in the Bloomberg Hall Commons Room. Lunch will be provided for all and available in the back of the Dilworth Room. Please enter the Dilworth Room using the last door in the hallway.