At the edge of the solar system, behind Pluto, is a planet four times the size of Earth, discovered by Brazilian astronomer Rodney Gomez of the National Observatory in Rio de Janeiro.
Lurking at the edge of the solar system, behind Pluto, is a planet four times the size of Earth. This is the conclusion reached by the Brazilian astronomer Rodney Gomez from the National Observatory in Rio de Janeiro after investigating the deviations of the orbits of celestial bodies from the so-called Kuiper belt. The Brazilian is ready to provide his calculations and analyzes to substantiate the theory.
Gomez analyzed the region of the solar system beyond Pluto - the Kuiper belt. It is believed that the small bodies that form it appeared there under the influence of Pluto's gravity. However, the calculations of the Brazilian showed that another planet has an influence on the objects of the Kuiper belt, which explains the distortion of the orbits of these celestial bodies.
The scientific community considered Gomez's arguments, in principle, to have a right to exist, but to prove his theory, more weighty facts are still needed than the computer modeling he used. Skeptics, however, call his conclusions erroneous, explaining that the distortion of the orbits of Kuiper belt objects may be caused by reasons other than an unknown planet. Or, in their opinion, an error crept into the calculations of the Brazilian.
The search for "Planet X" has been going on for a long time - astronomers have been trying to find it for over 100 years. Earlier in the course of research, a theory arose that an unknown planet was hiding behind Neptune, but later searches for it were suspended.
Once upon a time, by the way, Neptune itself was the same "planet X". Its existence was established at the beginning of the 19th century. on the change in the orbit of Uranus, before the planet was seen through a telescope.