(1) This is new. I also saw a shorter blurb on social media claiming it was confirmed. But right now it looks only to be speculative, per evidence, not directly seen.
(2) Also new, reported at practically the same time, another planet, a small one, was found by telescope.
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Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles). In fact, it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun.
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... Planet Nine helps explain a number of mysterious features of the field of icy objects and debris beyond Neptune known as the Kuiper Belt.
(2) Also new, reported at practically the same time, another planet, a small one, was found by telescope.
"Something Extraordinary Occurred": A New 380-Kilometer World Has Been Found In Our Solar System
Welcome to the neighborhood, Ammonite.
Observations of Ammonite suggest it is between 220 and 380 kilometers (137 and 236 miles) in diameter. Modeling the sednoid's orbit, the team found its perihelion – its closest approach to the Sun – is between 50 and 75 astronomical units (AU), with one AU being the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Its aphelion – the furthest point from the Sun – it is around 252 AU out from the center.
Simulating the orbit of Ammonite into the past, the team found that it has been stable for at least 4.5 billion years.
New tiny world beyond Neptune discovered — boosting ‘Planet Nine’ theory
Researchers use the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to find a small object on the outer edge of the Solar System. Nicknamed “Ammonite,” researchers say it could provide more evidence to the hypoth…