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Re:Simulations suggest Planet Nine may have been a rogue by dogma1138 on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:06PM (#13395162)
We have no idea what is the orbit so the distance doesn't matter there is no way to do a flyby unless we know for sure it's there and can map it's orbit nearly fully otherwise regardless of how fast we are going we'll never get to it :)
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Re:Simulations suggest Planet Nine may have been a rogue by mabbo on Saturday January 14, 2017 @10:15AM (#13398717)
We actually have a pretty good estimate on the orbit[0], though not necessarily where it is in that orbit (afaik at least). Your point is correct- there's no where to go until we get a fix on it- but your description is technically incorrect.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine

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Re:Simulations suggest Planet Nine may have been a rogue by dogma1138 on Saturday January 14, 2017 @02:20PM (#13400031)
We don't even know for sure it exists we have very little information on the orbit what exactly is incorrect?
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