On the Possibility of Discovering Exoplanets within our Solar System
It has previously been suggested that the rate of exoplanet discovery, doubling roughly every 39 months, is indicative of a runaway increase in the number of exoplanets in our galaxy. In this paper, we posit that - due to the finite nature of space in the milky way - it will become increasingly like...
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Zusammenfassung: | It has previously been suggested that the rate of exoplanet discovery,
doubling roughly every 39 months, is indicative of a runaway increase in the
number of exoplanets in our galaxy. In this paper, we posit that - due to the
finite nature of space in the milky way - it will become increasingly likely
that one of these exoplanets will be found within our solar system. We
calculate the odds of this occurring pass 50\% on Friday 9th December 2146. We
go on to suggest novel methods for influencing where this exoplanet may be
discovered, note possible drawbacks of the discovery, and finally explore how
the previously-hypothesized `exoplanet singularity' (both figurative and
literal) could be averted. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2203.17075 |