New minor planet may help explain comets
AUG 20, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.022592
Reuters : A newly discovered “minor planet” with an elongated orbit around the Sun may help explain the origin of comets, researchers said on Monday.
The object, known as 2006 SQ372, is starting the outward portion of a 22,500-year orbit that will take it 150 billion miles away from the Sun
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