Could Planet Nine be a black hole? A new theory, and the case around it | Explained News, The Indian Express

Could Planet Nine be a black hole? A new theory, and the case around it | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Kabir Firaque |New Delhi |Updated: October 5, 2019 10:49:44 am

Could Planet Nine be a black hole? A new theory, and the case around it

Over the years, scientists have sought to explain several puzzling aspects of the Solar System by attributing these to the influence of Planet Nine.

Artist’s rendering of the view from Planet Nine towards the sun. (Source: Caltech)

Hidden in the outer Solar System lurks a presence, believed to be a gigantic planet orbiting the same Sun and casting a visible influence on the behaviour of a number of other objects. Although it has not yet been spotted, this behaviour would be difficult to explain if such a presence did not exist. It is popularly referred to as Planet Nine, the presumed ninth planet of the Solar System, and occasionally as Planet X.