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NASA Says 'Ninth Planet' Not Affecting Cassini

Accepted submission by Walzmyn at 2016-04-10 14:16:29
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Walzmyn [soylentnews.org] writes:

Apparently there were reports that the theorized "Planet 9" (Planet 10, Planet X...) was affecting the course of the Cassini Space Probe. [universetoday.com] JPL said Friday that this is not true. [nasa.gov]

"Although we'd love it if Cassini could help detect a new planet in the solar system, we do not see any perturbations in our orbit that we cannot explain with our current models," said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at JPL.

Personally, I'd be very surprised if we found a new planet at this stage of the game. However, these guys surprise me all the time.

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