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3-30-17
From NemesisMaturity
Rogue asteroid Orbits the WRONG Way around the Sun plays ‘Chicken’ with Jupiter
The asteroid, nicknamed Bee-Zed, is the only one in this solar system that’s known both to have an opposite, retrograde orbit around the sun while at the same time sharing a planet’s orbital space.
Little is known about the asteroid, which was discovered in January, 2015. It has a diameter of about three kilometers and it may have originated from the same place as Halley’s comet, which also has a retrograde orbit. The team hasn’t been able to determine yet if Bee-Zed is an icy comet or a rocky asteroid.
Phys.Org
Read more here: https://phys.org/news/2017-03-wrong-w…