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Planet Nine - Artwork

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-sys11-90006

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 54 cm

A hypothetical planet in the outer reaches of the solar system orbits more than 700 times farther from the sun than earth does. A super-Earth, with an estimated mass of 10 Earths (approximately 5,000 times the mass of Pluto), a diameter two to four times that of Earth, and a highly elliptical orbit with an orbital period of approximately 15,000 years, the planet is shown as a ringed ice giant whose night side is illuminated by lightning and aurorae powered by galactic cosmic rays.

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2016 - ASTRONOMY - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - PLANET 9 - PLANET NINE - PLANET X - RING - SOLAR SYSTEM - STAR - SUN -