Warped Orbits (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Warped Orbits

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A yet to be discovered, unseen 'planetary mass object' makes its existence known by ruffling the orbital plane of distant Kuiper Belt objects, according to research by Kat Volk and Renu Malhotra of the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. The object is pictured on a wide orbit far beyond Pluto in this artist's illustration.

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Heather Roper/LPL

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