dummyhoy17

How do you know the apparent alignment of the Sedna-like objects we know about isn't the product of observational bias? In other words, how do you know there's not something about that part of the solar system (or the sky, or our telescopes, or whatever) that made it easier to spot the Sedna-like objects we've found? How do you know there aren't dozens more Sedna-like objects in random orientations that we just haven't seen yet?

Also, Mike and, do your cats play with "Da Bird"- the feather-on-a-fishing-poll toy?

Do you think we overemphasize crewed space exploration versus uncrewed probes?

Did you two do this work on your own, or did you have (a few, dozens, hundreds) of grad students working with you? How many people knew about your result before you published the other day?

If you could imagine one feasibly-priced space exploration mission that isn't currently underway from NASA or others, what would it be? Where would it go?