Stolen from another sun: This backward-traveling asteroid could be an interstellar space fossil - News Summed Up

Stolen from another sun: This backward-traveling asteroid could be an interstellar space fossil


"In the primordial solar system all objects moved around the sun in the same direction," Morais said. "So, at that time, we could not have had retrograde orbits which originated in our system. The conclusion is that it would have to come from another star system — captured orbits may have any orientation with respect to the plane of the solar system."


Source: Los Angeles Times May 22, 2018 19:18 UTC



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