A Possible View from Planet Nine (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

A Possible View from Planet Nine

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This artist's rendering shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side.

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Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

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