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An icy object in perfect sync with Neptune reveals new details about planetary migration and unseen bodies far beyond the Kuiper Belt.
A lone body, making one passage around the Sun for every ten by Neptune, is rewriting the rules of planetary dynamics in the ...
A rare celestial object beyond Neptune, 2020 VN40, moves in sync with Neptune, offering new insights into the outer solar system and fueling the search for Planet Nin ...
A team of astronomers recently discovered a mysterious object in the outer solar system that is in a resonant orbit with Neptune. This object, named 2020 VN40, orbits the Sun every time Neptune ...
Neptune Dances in Sync With a Rare Distant Object, Astronomers Find Named 2020 VN40, this tiny body completes one orbit around the Sun for every ten Neptune makes.
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2020 VN40 isn’t just far, it’s far. On average, it’s about 140 times farther from the Sun than Earth, and it travels on a steeply tilted path through the solar system. What makes it truly intriguing ...