The astronomers discovered a new asteroid in Neptune's orbit. A surprising asteroid, is found in areas that previously did not exist any object or called dead zone.
Asteroids that follow the orbits of Neptune around the Sun may help explain fundamental questions about the formation and migration of the planets. Classified as a Trojan asteroid was discovered in the area that is difficult to detect in the near Neptune, known as the L5 Lagrangian point.
Lagrangian points are in the area of gravity of two large planets, like Neptune and the sun, a well-balanced. This allows smaller objects like asteroids to remain stable and remain in harmony with the planet's orbit around the sun because they are.
L5 Neptune Trojan discovered using Japan's Subaru telescope in Hawaii 8.2-meter diameter. They then use Carniege Magellan telescopes with diameters of 6.5 meters to observe and determine the object's orbit
à ¢ â, ¬ Å "This is a high inclination objects, as it would be if Neptune is in a much more eccentric orbit in the past, this supports the idea of the solar system is far more chaotic and that giant planets do not form where they are now but migrate in there, à ¢ â, ¬  said Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution in Washington.
Friday, 13 August 2010
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