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Kuiper Belt Object 2006 CH69
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Courtesy of HST/StSci/SwRI/Simon Porter
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SwRI scientists used Hubble Space Telescope images of Kuiper belt binaries to determine that 80% orbit in the same direction as the planets. This research helps scientists improve planet formation models. Kuiper Belt object 2006 CH69 imaged on Jan. 26, 2017, is shown here.