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Asteroid escorts spotted in Neptune's orbit

Orbit of Trojan asteroids suggest planets may have swapped places.

A family of small bodies locked into the same orbit as Neptune has been spotted, lending support to the theory that the giant planets of our Solar System migrated over huge distances before settling into their current orbits.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on June 15, 2006 06:03 PM |

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