Three centaurs follow Uranus through the solar system
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
Astrophysicists have confirmed that Crantor, a large asteroid with a diameter of 70 km has an orbit similar to that of Uranus and takes the same amount of time to orbit the Sun. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that this and a further two objects of the group of the Centaurs are co-orbital with Uranus.