Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – An astronomer may find a replacement for Pluto. In fact he managed to find with data that comes from almost 40 years ago.
Pluto was removed from the list of planets in this solar system a few years ago. Since then the search for a replacement planet has continued.
Astronomer Michael Rowan-Robinson in 1983 conducted a search for the 10th planet, because at that time Pluto was still a planet, with data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. But finally did not find a new planet until 1991 believed there was no such planet.
However, with the existence of a study of the new hiding place of Planet Nine, he opened up the 38-year-old data again. Rowan-Robinson discovered three infrared sources which he thought could be a world of theorizing, quoted from Gizmodo, Thursday (11/18/2021).
The data was taken at a low position in the galactic plane. This means that the satellite retrieves data taking data on a lot of cloudy and dusty material that can emit infrared light. So this is going to be a very long job.
“Given the very poor quality of IRAS detection and survey limitations, and in the sky to detect far infrared, the chances of that candidate are not very great,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to a number of researchers, Planet Nine may have a mass several times that of Earth. Its orbit will last for thousands of years.
But the possibility of the object is not a planet is also great. An example is debris or a black hole the size of a bowling ball.
But maybe the answer to planet nine will come soon. Because the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile is under construction.
The observatory will be tasked with taking pictures of all parts of the sky each week using the largest digital camera ever built.
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