Found 14 in the giant space rock’s orbit of Neptune

The astronomers through the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a collection of 14 giant space rocks that orbit around the planet Neptune.

As quoted from Yahoo!, Tuesday (14/09/2010), new object found in the form of icy rock known as trans-Neptunian objects, because they are slightly outside the orbit of Neptune. To fourteen objects also include Pluto (formerly referred to as a planet, now referred to as “minor planets”) and Halley’s comet.

“Object-trans-Neptunian objects are interesting because they are different from all the celestial bodies in our solar system,” said study leader, Caesar Fuentes from Northern Arizona University.

The researchers said that the new objects discovered in diameter from 25 to 60 miles (or about 40 to 100 km).

Most of the objects of the trans-Neptunian objects are difficult to be marked. Researchers looking through the photos that resulted from the Hubble. If this search is completed, expected to find hundreds of new trans-Neptunian objects at the same time, scientists hope.

This giant space rocks are similar to asteroids, but its distance from Earth. Asteroids are also generally orbit in the solar system.

By measuring the movement of trans-Neptunian objects in the sky, astronomers can calculate the orbit of each object and its distance from the sun. The researchers could estimate the size of each object by combining observations from a distance, reflectivity and luminosity objects.

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