Detached Objects (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Detached Objects

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Scientists have long struggled to explain the existence of the solar system's "detached objects," which have orbits that tilt like seesaws and often cluster in one part of the night sky.

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Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA

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