Why Some Astonomers Think There's an Interstellar Asteroid

Summary Near Jupiter is a retrograde asteroid in an unusual resonance orbit with the planet. Since retrograde asteroids are exceedingly rare astronomers want to know how it got there. So they ran a million simulations and found, first, it extremely lucky it wasn't thrown out of the solar system or into the Sun by Jupiter. And second, it may not have formed in the solar system.

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Genres : Documentary News

Release date : May 23, 2018

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official YouTube channel

Language : English

Summary Near Jupiter is a retrograde asteroid in an unusual resonance orbit with the planet. Since retrograde asteroids are exceedingly rare astronomers want to know how it got there. So they ran a million simulations and found, first, it extremely lucky it wasn't thrown out of the solar system or into the Sun by Jupiter. And second, it may not have formed in the solar system.

Details

Genres : Documentary News

Release date : May 23, 2018

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official YouTube channel

Language : English

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