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If it has a gravitational influence on other planets, then yes, same way as the discovery of Neptune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune https:
by riidom 6y ago
If it has a gravitational influence on other planets, then yes, same way as the discovery of Neptune.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune
Now, 300 AU is far away, but then, 14 times the mass of jupiter is heavy. But I'm not knowledged enough to do the math here.
On a 2nd thought, maybe not. How long would a year be for a planet that far outside? Maybe several hundred years? We'd need to be in the right window of time to spectate such effects in first place.
- cgriswald 6y agoTo be equivalent to the gravitational impact of Neptune the mass would have to be about 70,000 times the mass of Neptune. This is more equivalent to trying to find Planet Nine [0], which, although was also “discovered” through gravitational effects, those effects are much subtler and the planet might not exist and if it does, hasn’t been found. [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine