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Will "Planet Nine" be discovered in 2016?

38%chance

38%chance

ResolvedNo

ResolvedNo

The community gave this a 38% chance, and it resolved No.

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Opened:

Jan 20, 2016

Closes:

Feb 29, 2016

Resolved:

Jan 1, 2017

Spot Scoring Time:

Jan 20, 2016

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