Which chunk of ice has been discovered orbiting the earth in a backward direction and its orbit is tilted by 110 from the plane in which all planets stay

2016

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	Viku
B	Diku
C	Niku
D	Ciku

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -NEW DELHI: A mysterious 200-km wide chunk of ice has been discovered beyond the orbit of Neptune, the farthest recognized-planet from our sun. Bizarrely, this object is going around the sun in a backwards direction and its orbit is tilted by 110 degrees from the plane in which all planets stay.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pluto’s orbit became eccentric and inclined because of gravitational interaction with migrating giant planets soon after their formation. It’s actually typical for Kuiper belt objects to have high inclination.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kuiper Belt is a doughnut-shaped ring of icy objects around the Sun, extending just beyond the orbit of Neptune from about 30 to 55 AU.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kuiper Belt is one of the largest structures in our solar system-others being the Oort Cloud, the heliosphere and the magnetosphere of Jupiter. Its overall shape is like a puffed-up disk, or donut. Its inner edge begins at the orbit of Neptune, at about 30 AU from the Sun.

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