Prof. Sam Lawler on Nostr: I. Matheson: Mean plane of the Kuiper Belt could show presence of distant giant ...
I. Matheson: Mean plane of the Kuiper Belt could show presence of distant giant planet, BUT will need about 10x more known TNOs to measure this.
Now trying to measure mean pole of plutinos, but super hard, lots of observational biases baked in, also should evolve with time
#DPS2023
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