Researchers discover asteroid could be first object in Solar System with extrasolar origin

Lee Bell
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Findings made by reconstructing its orbit by numerical simulation

Two astronomers have discovered an asteroid in our solar system that, they claim, could be the first object to have an extra-solar origin. Labelled Asteroid 2015 BZ509, the object has been in o...

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