This stuff never goes away does it? The most funny statement in the first-linked article is that the newly discovered Planet Nine might not be *the* Planet Nine but another Planet Nine?!
Oh.
The second-linked article says that it might take an unmanned probe 55 years to reach the darn thing. And even that only after a 10 year bureaucratic approval process.
So if the elusive ninth is found and confirmed tomorrow morning, our satellite might reach it by 2085?! Dude! Another reminder of how vast the universe actually is...including our own solar system.
Astronomers identify first good candidate for Planet Nine
How long would it take to reach Planet Nine, if we ever find it?
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