Scientists have discovered a rare kind of space object which is described as something between an asteroid and a comet. The object has been called an active asteroid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The celestial body was first noticed by the astronomers in June 2019 when the University of Hawaii\u2019s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a faint new signal that appeared to be an asteroid in the Trojan group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly discovered asteroid is named 2019 LD2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2019 LD2 has an orbit like an asteroid but the tail of a comet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The specialty of 2019 LD2 special is that the active asteroid shares Jupiter\u2019s orbit in an asteroid swarm known as the Jupiter Trojans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the first Jupiter Trojan that the astronomers have come across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These asteroids follow the same orbit like that of a planet. But. it remains 60 degrees ahead of or behind along the orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jupiter Trojan asteroids orbit the Sun in two huge swarms, one swarm orbiting ahead of the planet, where 2019 LD2 is present, and the other swarm orbiting behind it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is suspected that the Trojan asteroids have been captured into these orbits by Jupiter’s strong gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2019 LD2 is a first-of-its-kind active asteroid because most Jupiter Trojans were captured billions of years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other planets on the Solar system like Earth, Neptune, and Jupiter have more than one Trojan asteroids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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