In 1977, astronomer Charles Kowal discovered a strange, asteroid-like rocky object in the outer solar system. It was traveling slowly, as if orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune. This raised some eyebrows, as no asteroid had been discovered beyond Jupiter. Perhaps it was a comet that had lost its ices and was corralled into a moreContinue reading "The oddities known as Centaurs may sprout their tales after jumping to new orbits"
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