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Astronomers Discover Rare Object in Perfect Sync with Neptune’s Orbit

Astronomers Discover Rare Object in Perfect Sync with Neptune’s Orbit

In a groundbreaking discovery published in The Planetary Science Journal, a team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has confirmed the existence of a rare object located far beyond Neptune. Known as 2020 VN40, this trans-Neptunian object is in a unique orbital resonance with the giant planet Neptune. For every ten orbits Neptune completes, …

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