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A Sharper View Of Uranus

Asteroids, Astronomy, Uranus

Uranus Is Being Chased By Asteroids!

18 Jun , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

As Uranus speeds in its orbit in the solar system, there are three large space rocks that are in lockstep with the gas giant, according to new simulations. Two of them are wobbling in unstable “horseshoe” orbits near Uranus, while the third is in a more reliable Trojan orbit that is always 60 degrees in […]

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