<p>The parallax is found from a triangle with the Earth's orbit at its base. The annual parallax here would then be between 1/200 and 1/1000 radians ($\sim$ 1000 to 200 arcseconds) which is indeed enormous and much bigger than the likely proper motion during a year.</p>

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<p>We know from <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/13270/182">this question</a> that an object is hypothesized to be at between 200-1000 AU that is large enough to detect, known now as the 9th planet. It should move about 40 arcseconds per year. It seems to me that the parallax distance would be more than this distance per year. Would it be easier to detect the 9th planet using parallax than its movement around the Sun?</p>

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How would parallax affect an object at 200-1000 AU (for example, the 9th planet)?
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# How would parallax affect an object at 200-1000 AU (for example, the 9th planet)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-21)

We know from [this question](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/q/13270/182) that an object is hypothesized to be at between 200-1000 AU that is large enough to detect, known now as the 9th planet. It should move about 40 arcseconds per year. It seems to me that the parallax distance would be more than this distance per year. Would it be easier to detect the 9th planet using parallax than its movement around the Sun?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-21. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

The parallax is found from a triangle with the Earth's orbit at its base. The annual parallax here would then be between 1/200 and 1/1000 radians ($\sim$ 1000 to 200 arcseconds) which is indeed enormous and much bigger than the likely proper motion during a year.


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