No evidence for orbital clustering in the extreme trans-Neptunian objects

DES Collaboration; K. J. Napier; D. W. Gerdes; Hsing Wen Lin; S. J. Hamilton; G. M. Bernstein; P. H. Bernardinelli; T. M. C. Abbott; M. Aguena; J. Annis; S. Avila; D. Bacon; E. Bertin; D. Brooks; D. L. Burke; A. Carnero Rosell; M. Carrasco Kind; J. Carretero; M. Costanzi; L. N. da Costa; J. De Vicente; H. T. Diehl; P. Doel; S. Everett; I. Ferrero; P. Fosalba; J. García-Bellido; D. Gruen; R. A. Gruendl; G. Gutierrez; D. L. Hollowood; K. Honscheid; B. Hoyle; D. J. James; S. Kent; K. Kuehn; N. Kuropatkin; M. A. G. Maia; F. Menanteau; R. Miquel; R. Morgan; A. Palmese; F. Paz-Chinchón; A. A. Plazas; E. Sanchez; V. Scarpine; S. Serrano; I. Sevilla-Noarbe; M. Smith; E. Suchyta; M. E. C. Swanson; C. To; A. R. Walker; R. D. Wilkinson

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No evidence for orbital clustering in the extreme trans-Neptunian objects

DES Collaboration, K. J. Napier^*, D. W. Gerdes, Hsing Wen Lin, S. J. Hamilton, G. M. Bernstein, P. H. Bernardinelli, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, J. Annis, S. Avila, D. Bacon, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, J. Carretero, M. Costanzi, L. N. da CostaJ. De Vicente, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, P. Fosalba, J. García-Bellido, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, B. Hoyle, D. J. James, S. Kent, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, M. A. G. Maia, F. Menanteau, R. Miquel, R. Morgan, A. Palmese, F. Paz-Chinchón, A. A. Plazas, E. Sanchez, V. Scarpine, S. Serrano, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, C. To, A. R. Walker, R. D. Wilkinson

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The apparent clustering in longitude of perihelion ϖ and ascending node Ω of extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs) has been attributed to the gravitational effects of an unseen 5–10 Earth-mass planet in the outer solar system. To investigate how selection bias may contribute to this clustering, we consider 14 ETNOs discovered by the Dark Energy Survey, the Outer Solar System Origins Survey, and the survey of Sheppard and Trujillo. Using each survey's published pointing history, depth, and TNO tracking selections, we calculate the joint probability that these objects are consistent with an underlying parent population with uniform distributions in ϖ and Ω. We find that the mean scaled longitude of perihelion and orbital poles of the detected ETNOs are consistent with a uniform population at a level between 17% and 94% and thus conclude that this sample provides no evidence for angular clustering.

Original language	English
Article number	59
Pages (from-to)	1-16
Number of pages	16
Journal	Planetary Science Journal
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abe53e
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

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DES Collaboration, Napier, K. J., Gerdes, D. W., Lin, H. W., Hamilton, S. J., Bernstein, G. M., Bernardinelli, P. H., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. C., Kind, M. C., Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2021). No evidence for orbital clustering in the extreme trans-Neptunian objects. Planetary Science Journal, 2(2), 1-16. Article 59. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abe53e

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