(January 20, 2016 at 11:55 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Additionally, there have been some all sky IR surveys that 'should' rule out some of the larger/closer possibilities. Sadly, if it's out there, the further away it is, the less chance of a 'New Horizons II' being able to reach it during the remainder of my lifetime.I just spent a while researching it. The WISE is what you're referring to, and it ruled out any body bigger than Saturn. However, I believe(don't quote me), that there is still a possibility that the WISE could have missed it, even if bigger, due to the extremely low amount of energy it was receiving from the sun(light), because the WISE was scanning essentially for energy. The perihelion of it is estimated at about 200AU, and the heliopause which is generally considered the edge of the solar system is 121AU, which is creating a lot of confusion(from what i've read), although that doesn't mean it's out of our solar system, since technically speaking anything that orbits the sun is in.
As well, we don't have to have New Horizons II fly by to prove it exists(if it does). The researcher(Brown) who made the discovery estimated that it would take roughly 5 years until we can actually detect it, as it would take a very very powerful telescope to spot it, and the only capable one is Subaru which they are already planning to look for it with.
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