Neptune could not have knocked planetoids in Cold Classical Kuiper Belt to edge of solar system

Sunday, October 10, 2010 - 22:31 in Astronomy & Space

New research is challenging popular theory about how part of our solar system formed. Contrary to popular belief, new evidence suggests the planet Neptune can't have knocked a collection of planetoids known as the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt to its current location at the edge of the solar system.

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