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> Put these two plots together and you get a 99.6% chance that the objects are clustered, rather than uniform. That sounds pretty good to me. That's not even t
by Hypx_ 5y ago
> Put these two plots together and you get a 99.6% chance that the objects are clustered, rather than uniform. That sounds pretty good to me.
That's not even three-sigma. I'm not sure if this is real evidence of a planet nine. Just a chance alignment of orbits seem like the most plausible explanation.
- ncmncm 5y agoThree sigma is pretty damn good for something like this. It means it's not worth sending a probe out yet, but is more than enough justification for serious telescope time.
- aaron695 5y agoYes, but because of the bias, which is talked about, they need to get it higher. This really need to be commented on by the writers of earlier papers showing the bias in the early data. It won't be outright chance that caused this.