# Extreme trans-Neptunian objects and the Kozai mechanism: signalling the presence of trans-Plutonian planets.

@article{Marcos2014ExtremeTO,
title={Extreme trans-Neptunian objects and the Kozai mechanism: signalling the presence of trans-Plutonian planets.},
author={Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Ra{\'u}l de la Fuente Marcos},
journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year={2014},
volume={443}
}
• Published 3 June 2014
• Geology, Physics
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The existence of an outer planet beyond Pluto has been a matter of debate for decades and the recent discovery of 2012 VP113 has just revived the interest for this controversial topic. This Sedna-like object has the most distant perihelion of any known minor planet and the value of its argument of perihelion is close to 0 degrees. This property appears to be shared by almost all known asteroids with semimajor axis greater than 150 au and perihelion greater than 30 au (the extreme trans…
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