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To: dila813
My guess is, any planetary bodies discovered beyond Pluto will be moving in retrograde (or at the very least, at a substantial angle to the ecliptic), which is diagnostic of capture. This is analogous to the many small moons of Jupiter, and for that matter, Neptune's moon Triton.

17 posted on 07/26/2020 8:39:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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A diagram shows the five recently-discovered moons of Jupiter that scientists need to name. (Image: © Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science)

A diagram shows the five recently-discovered moons of Jupiter that scientists need to name. (Image: © Roberto Molar Candanosa/Carnegie Institution for Science)

18 posted on 07/26/2020 8:49:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s what I am thinking plus we know our solar system had many close encounters over the life of it’s existence


23 posted on 07/26/2020 9:11:31 PM PDT by dila813
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