The existence of the planet remains to be proved. However, some believe that the evidence has been accumulated through observations NASA telescopes, WISE. Linked Data planet's findings will be published this year.
Daniel Whitmire of the University of Louisiana Lafayette, United States, believe that the data could prove the existence of the planet in two years. "If true, me and my partner, John Matese, would somersault. And, it's not easy in our age, "he said.
For a while, the planet was named Tyche. The name was taken from the name of the goddess of Greece who decide the fate of a city. Tyche allegedly is a gas giant planet, the same type of planet such as Jupiter.
Tyche allegedly found in the outer Oort Cloud, a "remote" in the solar system. The distance of the planet to the sun reaches 15,000 times from a distance of the Sun-Earth or Sun range 375 times-Pluto.
Whitmire believe, the main constituent of Tyche is hydrogen and Helium. He also revealed that the planet's atmosphere is similar to Jupiter's atmosphere. "You can also expect this planet has several satellites," he said.
Generally, a planet located in the Oort Cloud has a temperature close to absolute zero (-273 degrees celsius). However, Tyche is expected to have temperatures of-73 degrees celsius, 4-5 times warmer than Pluto.
If proven the truth of its existence, it will be the ninth planet Tyche and lion. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) will be those who approve or deny the existence of the planet.
Whitmire and Matese suspect the existence of the planet based on the existence of a gaffe at the angle of arrival of a comet that much in the Oort Cloud. By 20 percent the amount of certain emerging since 1898 has angle greater than it should.
The possibility of the existence of Tyche is expressed in his interview with Whitmire The Independent, Sunday (12/2/2011). Whitmire research results based on the existence of a gaffe that angle comets are published in the journal Icarus in this month