TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS OF AN UNKNOWN PLANET USING THE MOID ANALYSIS

Abstract

MOID values for 1156 long-periodic comets with aphelion distances greater than 250 AU and slightly hyperbolic orbits relative to the assumed planet X are calculated. It was found that in 51 of them, these values do not exceed the radii of the spheres of influence of the planets. This is approximately 25 percent more than the background value and cannot be considered random. The obtained result can be considered as an additional argument in favor of the hypothesis under discussion.