Fireball Watch! Five More Large Asteroids Headed This Way, 19 INTERSTELLAR Centaurs Found
- Four massive asteroids en route to Earth, as scientists discover space rocks of INTERSTELLAR origin in our solar system
by https://www.rt.com/ , 20 Jul, 2020
As NASA reports that five more asteroids are headed our way this week, four of which are over 50 meters in diameter, research from Brazil has identified some 19 space rocks of interstellar origin in our solar system.
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Scientists at Sao Paulo State University’s Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences have identified asteroids formed in another solar system in the galaxy, and classified them as Centaurs. These 19 ‘alien’ asteroids are located between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune, and were spotted thanks to their unusual path around our solar system, according to one of the study’s lead authors, Maria Helena Moreira Morais.
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As an example, Morais and her team highlighted asteroid 514107 Ka’epaoka’awela, which is Hawaiian for “mischievous opposite-moving companion of Jupiter.”
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