News Item Detail
Title
Alien asteroid is first known 'permanent resident' from outside our solar system
Short Title
Alien asteroid is first known 'permanent resident' from outside our solar system
Link
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/547279970/0/usatoday-techtopstories~Alien-as...
Category
GUID
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/21/asteroid-first-permanent-res...
Publication Date
5/15/2018 9:06 AM
Date Scanned
5/16/2018 6:16 PM
Feed
USATODAY.com - TechTopStories
Description
The solar system's first known "resident" that came from interstellar space — an asteroid orbiting backward around Jupiter — has been discovered. The planets and most other objects in our solar system travel around the sun in the same direction. This asteroid moves in the opposition direction.