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2 nd Inner Oort Cloud Object Found

2 nd Inner Oort Cloud Object Found. 2012 VP113 and Sedna have distant, eccentric orbits that are decoupled from the known planets. - We expect 1000 bigger than 1000 km in size. -Cannot create their orbits in current Solar System. -Their orbits are primordial and tell us about the

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2 nd Inner Oort Cloud Object Found

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  1. 2nd Inner Oort Cloud Object Found 2012 VP113 and Sednahave distant, eccentric orbits that are decoupled from the known planets. -We expect 1000 bigger than 1000 km in size. -Cannot create their orbits in current Solar System. -Their orbits are primordial and tell us about the Solar System’s formation environment and evolution. Sedna Kuiper Belt 2012 VP113 Discovery Images of 2012 VP113 from CTIO 4m Trujillo and Sheppard, 2014, Nature, 507, 471 By Scott Sheppard/Carnegie Institution for Science (ssheppard@carnegiescience.edu)

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