Nobel prize for Brown and Batygin?

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The discussion centers on the potential Nobel Prize recognition for M. E. Brown and K. Batygin if the hypothesized Planet Nine is confirmed in the outer Solar System. Participants debate the fairness of awarding the prize, considering Clyde Tombaugh's earlier discovery of Pluto, which was later reclassified as a dwarf planet by the IAU. The conversation highlights the significance of the techniques used by Brown and Batygin in their research and questions the criteria for Nobel recognition in the field of physics.

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If hypothesised planet nine is really discovered in the outskirts of our Solar system, will M. E. Brown and K. Batygin have a chance to win the Nobel prize in physics or is this too much of an old hat for the Nobel-commitee?
 
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If Clyde Tombaugh didn't get one for discovering the hypothesised planet nine back in the 30's, it would seem a bit unfair to give it to the new boys; it wasn't his fault that the IAU reclassified it as a dwarf :-)

I guess it would come down to whether the techniques they developed to discover it "conferred the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics"
 
If Planet X belongs to the solar system and is estimated to be 200 to 1200 AU from the sun, and Voyager 1 is only 134 AU from the sun, how can Voyager 1 have left the solar system?
 

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