https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine
Characteristics
Orbit
Planet Nine is hypothesized to follow a highly elliptical path around the
Sun, with an
orbital period of 10,000–20,000 years. The planet would have a
semi-major axis of roughly 700
astronomical units (AU), or about 20 times the distance of
Neptune from the Sun, though it might come as close as 200 AU (30 billion km), and its
inclination estimated as 30 (± 20) degrees.
[1][2][6][A] The high
eccentricity of Planet Nine's orbit could take it as far away as 1200 AU at its
aphelion.
[7] [8]
Size
Planet Nine is estimated to be similar in size and composition to the
blue ice giants Uranus and Neptune, pictured here to scale with the gas
giants and terrestrial planets.
[9]
The planet is estimated to have 10 times the mass
[6][9] and two to four times the diameter of Earth.
[5][10] An infrared survey by the
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer in 2009 does not exclude such an object as their results allow for a Neptune-sized object beyond 700 AU.
[11]
A similar study in 2014 focused on possible higher-mass bodies in the
outer Solar System and ruled out Jupiter-class objects out to 26,000 AU.
[12]
Composition
Brown speculates that the planet is most likely an ejected
ice giant, similar in composition to
Uranus and Neptune; a mixture of
rock and
ice with a small envelope of gas.
[1][5]
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