Planet 9 Possibly Found With Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson
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Planet nine found? Emeritus Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson of Imperial College London new paper, A search for Planet 9 in the IRAS data, is the result of having narrowed down a search in the IRAS data to one possible candidate for a ninth planet. Prof. Rowan-Robinson was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College in London from 1993 to 2007. His work focuses on infrared astronomy and cosmology.
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"A Search for Planet 9 in the IRAS Data", Rowan-Robinson, 2021
https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03831
Shakespeare's Astronomy - Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson
https://youtu.be/ckTBWq_xCpg
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:29 Bio
00:01:16 IRAS data
00:03:30 Galactic Cirrus
00:08:08 Planet 9 candidates
00:17:25 How to confirm his candidate
00:19:59 What we know about this possible planet
00:22:10 Captured object?
00:23:55 Super earths in the outer solar system
00:27:04 Shakespeare Astronomy
00:32:02 Writing and Astronomy
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