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10E-19-An Asteroid with a Comet Orbit [2013JD4]

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 4 p.m.

b'The Centaur type asteroid, 2013 JD4, is an interesting object. It takes 41.5 years to orbit the Sun on a path that takes it as close to Earth as we are to the Sun.When its orbit is changed as it passes Jupiter and Saturn it may start making closer approaches to the Sun, release gases, and become a comet.'