What is Tyche?
Q: What is Tyche?
A: Tyche is the nickname given to a possible gas giant planet in the Solar System's Oort cloud.
Q: Who first proposed the existence of Tyche?
A: Astronomer John Matese of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette first proposed the existence of Tyche in 1999.
Q: What evidence did Matese and Daniel Whitmire use to support Tyche's existence?
A: Matese and Daniel Whitmire used the points of origin for long-period comets to suggest Tyche's existence.
Q: What kind of data was collected by NASA's WISE telescope that could show the existence of Tyche?
A: NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Infrared telescope collected archive data that could show the existence of Tyche.
Q: Did NASA's WISE telescope find evidence of Tyche's existence?
A: In 2014, NASA announced that its WISE telescope had not found evidence of Tyche's existence.
Q: What is the nickname that also refers to Tyche in the Nickelodeon TV show The Fairly OddParents?
A: In the Nickelodeon TV show, Tyche is referred to as "Yugopotamia" and is where the character Mark Chang is from.
Q: Do all astronomers believe in the existence of Tyche?
A: No, several astronomers do not believe in the existence of Tyche.
