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The Subaru Seminar is
usually held in Room 104 of the Hilo Base Facility, adjacent
to the main lobby. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you are
interested in giving a seminar, please contact Subaru seminar organizers
(Tae-Soo Pyo, Sherry Yeh, Nagayoshi Ohashi)
by email : sseminar_at_subaru.naoj.org (please change"_at" to @).
March 03, Thursday, 03:00 pm in 104
" The Search for Planet Nine "
Michael Brown
(Caltech)
We have recently suggested that a giant planet well beyond Neptune is required to explain unexpected clustering in the orbits of very distant and eccentric Kuiper belt objects. I will present the evidence for this clustering as well as the dynamical evidence that a giant planet is responsible. Finally, I will discuss prospects for directly detecting this planet in the near future and what it might tell us about the formation of the solar system.