Many are the scientists who comment that today little or very little is what we know not only about outer space, but about our own solar system, such is the case that just a few weeks ago a small object whose orbit is partially located was discovered or totally beyond Neptune which has literally questioned all the knowledge we have about the orbits of the planets. This is one of the ways in which it is defined Niku, name with which this object has been baptized.
According to scientists who are currently working on the study of the characteristics of this strange object whose diameter could be less than 200 kilometersWe are talking about certain quite interesting details such as its orbit is located in a plane inclined 110 degrees with respect to the plane of the solar system while doing it in the opposite direction. Undoubtedly two unique characteristics that have made Niku the talk of every astronomer center on the planet.
Niku, the Chinese adjective for rebel
One of the first theories about the way this object moves suggests that it must have been modified by something that is unknown. As the astrophysicist comments Matthew J Holman From the Smithsonian Observatory for Astrophysics, there are more motions in the outer solar system than we are fully aware of.
Apparently, at first, Holman's team thought that its orbit could have been influenced by that ninth planet in the Solar System on which a group of astronomers had the first impact in January of this year 2016. After studying the theory, this idea had to be discarded as Niku was too close to have been influenced by it.
Without a doubt we are talking about a new mystery that, as such, has been received with great excitement by the community since we may be facing a new discovery that helps us understand a little better how the universe works.
Further information: New Scientist