المملكة: discovery "Ammonite".. A new object in the depths of the solar system reveals the secrets of the past

Detect head Solar System, where scientists declared Detecting a remote icy object It is called “Ammonite”, and officially known by the code 2023 KQ₁₄, it is a frozen world that joins the list of distant objects located beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Ammonite is located in a region very far from the Sun, as its closest point reaches about 66 astronomical units, which is equivalent to twice the distance between Neptune and the Sun, and its average distance along its elliptical orbit is 252 astronomical units, which makes it take about 4 thousand years to complete one revolution around the sun.

This enormous dimension gives it a cold and calm nature, and makes it one of the slowest and most isolated objects in the solar system.

Modern observation

Abu Zahra explained that the observation of ammonite was not the result of modern observation, but rather the result of analyzing data accumulated over 19 years from multiple observatories, including the Subaru telescope, And the Canada-France-Hawaii Observatory, the DECam camera, and the Kitt Peak Observatory.

As these data were tracked, it became clear that the orbit of this icy world remained stable for more than 4.5 billion years, which earned it the nickname “the grandson of the ancient solar system” or “the fossil of the solar system” because it retains an orbital fingerprint dating back to the era of planetary formation. And 2012 VP113 and Liliakuhonua – follow close orbits that indicate a common gravitational history, but Ammonite constitutes a clear exception.

The orbit it takes goes in a direction that is almost opposite to the orbits of those objects, filling a mysterious gap that has long puzzled scientists in mapping the outer solar system.

New Questions

This orbital difference raises new questions about the gravitational forces that have affected it over billions of years, especially those Associated with the early solar system.

Scientific simulations indicate that in the past, Ammonite was in harmony with the rest of the cyanoids, before it was gradually deviated from its orbit by ancient gravitational events that scientists are still trying to understand.

Dynamics of the Solar System

It is likely that studying this object may reveal:

• Evidence of a nearby star passing through the solar system millions or billions of years ago.
• Provides stronger constraints on the existence of the mysterious Planet Nine. Which is believed to affect the orbits of distant objects.
• It helps in reconstructing the dynamics of the solar system during its early stages.

Abu Zahra concluded that the discovery of ammonite reinforces the hypothesis of the existence of other worlds that have not yet been discovered in the far reaches of the solar system, noting that future astronomical surveys and more advanced orbital models will contribute to revealing more secrets, and may help in drawing the complete story of the formation of the solar system from its early beginnings.

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