Searching for Planet 9

Sep 17, 2022

0h 55m

★ 7.2

Overview

At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the Earth. Several international teams of scientists have been competing in a frantic race to detect it, in uncharted territories, far beyond Neptune. The recent discovery of several dwarf planets, with intriguing trajectories, have put astronomers on the trail of this mysterious planet. Why is this enigmatic planet so difficult to detect? What would a ninth planet teach us about our corner of the universe? Could it help us unlock some of the mysteries of our solar system?

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE

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Cast

Self

Chadwick Trujillo

Self

Michael E. Brown

Self

Konstantin Batygin

Self

Scott S. Sheppard

Self

Kat Volk

Self

Renu Malhotra

Self

Guillaume Colin

Self

Kevin Napier

Self

David Gerdes

Self

Alessandro Morbidelli

Narrator (voice)

Florence Tran

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