New Evidence! The Mysterious Hunt for Planet 9 with Konstantin Batygin

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Visit Consensus.app and Enter code KEATING at checkout for 40% off Consensus Premium for 2 Years or visit this link 👉 https://bit.ly/ConsensusApp Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 Astronomers have detected strange gravitational forces pulling at objects beyond Neptune. Some believe these forces could be caused by an undiscovered ninth planet—but if Planet 9 is real, why haven’t we found it yet? And if it doesn’t exist, what else could be shaping the outer edge of our solar system? Here today to explore this issue and reveal extraordinary new evidence of Planet 9, is none other than Konstantin Batygin, one of the world’s foremost experts in this field. A professor at Caltech, Konstantin specializes in planetary astrophysics, the formation and evolution of the solar system, orbital dynamics, exoplanet behavior, and the physics of planetary interiors and atmospheres. In this episode, he not only breaks down the latest evidence for Planet Nine but also shares insights from his research on Jupiter’s magnetic field. Plus, Konstantin gave us exclusive permission to feature his lecture on these topics—an unmissable opportunity to learn from one of the best in the field! — Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Audio essay 00:03:08 What is Planet 9 and why it matters 00:12:47 Perihelion distribution dynamics 00:14:17 The most unstable component of the Kuiper Belt 00:16:46 Why is it so hard to prove Planet 9? 00:20:29 The Three-Body Problem 00:26:57 Rubin Observatory and the search for TNOs 00:30:42 Konstantin’s lecture on Planet 9 00:43:32 The importance of Jupiter 00:52:41 The role of entropy on planetary formation 00:56:04 Konstantin’s lecture on Jupiter 01:37:39 Outro — Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Konstantin Batygin: 💻 Website: https://www.konstantinbatygin.com/ 📚 Publications: https://www.konstantinbatygin.com/publications ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/ 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow/subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. It's a great pleasure to welcome you to this special in-person episode of the Into the Impossible podcast featuring two-time guest, Constantine Petitian. Constantine's a renowned astrophysicist, planetary scientist at Caltech, a professor. It's the second time on the podcast, and he is one of my favorite guests and especially infectious enthusiasm to experience
0:23.2	him in person. You'll hear all about the quest to uncover Planet 9. What the critics are saying
0:30.1	in their attempts to assail and perhaps disprove Constantine, how does he handle that? New research
0:35.9	that will be coming up involving LSSST or the Vera Rubin
0:40.0	Observatory in Chile, where the next frontier in planetary research, not just in exoplanets,
0:45.0	as we've talked about way more than this topic. This is inner planets, planets in our own solar
0:49.7	system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. And last but not least, you're going to hear a deep dive into the physics behind Jupiter's past history.
0:58.0	How can we do archaeology on planets in our own solar system?
1:01.0	Well, Constantine's figure out a way to do that.
1:03.0	And it involves, of all things, its magnetic field.
1:06.0	You'll hear about that, see the latest research into the planetary dynamics of our own solar system.
1:10.0	Constantine's no stranger to attention. You'll see him featured in 60 minutes. that, see the latest research into the planetary dynamics of our own solar system.
1:15.5	Constantine's no stranger to attention. You'll see him featured in 60 minutes. Now, I want you sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode of Into the Impossible with the irrepressible Professor
1:19.9	Constantine Batesgin.
1:27.4	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
1:33.9	Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
1:36.1	Welcome back everybody to an episode that promises to be out of this world with a friend,
1:43.2	a two-time guest on the Into the Impossible podcast,
1:46.2	Professor Constantine Petitian.
1:48.4	Welcome, my friend.
1:49.3	You survive fires and floods and mudslide potential to be here.
1:53.7	Yeah.
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