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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2018 · 11 MIN

The Hunt for Planet 9, the Kuiper Belt, and 12 New Moons of Jupiter | Orbital News

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Alex covers the latest discoveries in our solar system during the hunt for Planet 9. The latest discoveries include: 'A new Kuiper Belt object found who's strange inclined orbit can only be explained by the existence of Planet 9' and '12 New Moons found orbiting one of the largest planets in our Solar System' Get refreshed and learn more about Planet 9, the Kuiper Belt, Pluto and more! Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube, ApplePodcasts, or your favorite podcast player to help us grow and so you know when a new episode comes out.  We'd also appreciate any constructive feedback! Always looking to improve so please let us know. TODAYINSPACE.NET You can listen to our science song "Pluto, the Misunderstood." here: iTunes(Buy): https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pluto-the-misunderstood/1018933124?i=1018933132 Spotify(Stream):https://open.spotify.com/album/6oidU1jnYiwJCP4sN27gwg Soundcloud(Stream): https://soundcloud.com/3lgr3co/pluto-the-misunderstood-two-year-flyby-anniversary-remix  SOURCE LINKS:A New World's Extraordinary orbit points to Planet Ninehttps://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-worlds-extraordinary-orbit-points-to-planet-nine-20180515/ Planet Nine makes some KBO's go wild!http://www.findplanetnine.com/2018/05/planet-nine-makes-some-kbos-go-wild.html Looking for Planet Nine, Astronomers Gaze into the Abysshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/looking-for-planet-nine-astronomers-gaze-into-the-abyss/ Jupiter Officially has 12 New Moonshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jupiter-officially-has-12-new-moons-180969684/ Kuiper Belt - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt Facts about the Kuiper Belt https://www.space.com/16144-kuiper-belt-objects.html Jupiter's Got Twelve New Moons, and One of them is a trouble makerhttp://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/07/jupiters-twelve-new-moons Evidence for a Giant Planet in the Solar System http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/22 Hypothetical Planet Xhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/hypothetical-planet-x/in-depth/ Kuiper Belt - NASAhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt/overview/

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