Reckless orbiting in the Solar System

Helena Morais () and Fathi Namouni ()
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Helena Morais: Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brazil.
Fathi Namouni: Fathi Namouni is at the Laboratoire Lagrange, Côte d'Azur Observatory, 06300 Nice, France.

Nature, 2017, vol. 543, issue 7647, 635-636

Abstract: Planets and most asteroids revolve around the Sun in the same direction. But an asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit has been revolving in the opposite direction for about a million years. See Letter p.687

Date: 2017
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