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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

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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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