• Have you ever wanted to discover a planet?
• Astronomers at the Australian National University are asking for help from the public to find ‘Planet Nine’, which is thought to be orbiting our solar system beyond Pluto!
• Hundreds of thousands of images of the southern sky have been taken by the University’s Siding Spring Observatory, and posted to a website (linked in bio).
• ANU astronomer Dr Brad Tucker told the BBC that he hopes the planet exists in the southern sky and that, if it does, it’s in one of those images.
• The discoverer will have input in the naming of the planet (although he says Planet McPlanetface will not be an option)!
• The project was launched by Professor Brian Cox as part of BBC Two’s Stargazing Live.
• Willyou help? What would you call ‘Planet Nine’??

Read more:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39401667

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-27/planet-nine:-scientists-launch-public-search-for-planet/8387606

http://earthsky.org/space/anu-citizen-science-search-for-planet-9

Discover:

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/skymap/planet-9

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