Distant object found orbiting Sun backwards

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14669?DCMP=youtube

A team has discovered a distant object called 2008 KV42 that orbits the Sun backwards compared to other objects.

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[Xkilluminati76]

No guy in a lab-coat? No weird synthesizer music playing in the background? This video proves nothing!

[4flyingpickles]

if a dropped a dog turd at 5000 ft. with 9.3 G's and a cat turd at 400 ft with 4.15 g's, which one would smell like shit when it hit the fan.

[jib1000]

@JFri4321 Ah ok i didn't think i was comming off as a PhD cosmologist or something... I do have a moderate college level understanding of science and was pretty sure i learned about what field is clearly misunderstanding in high school.

[JFri4321]

@jib1000

I apologize, after re-reading the conversation my comment should have been directed towards field. I agree, his logic is ludicrous. And it is absolutely the basics, i.e. high school ed.

[dirtydonki]

DOH?

[jib1000]

@JFri4321 What am i pretending to know about?  High school science?

[JFri4321]

@jib1000

hahaha oh quite pretending even though it's fun to lie about how much we know online. Just buy a telescope and have some fun with the universe rather than fuss over the basics, the big boy scientists know more than we can hypothesize.

[jib1000]

@field16 Gave up eh?

[jib1000]

@field16 How am i to get the truth about cosmology from someone who doesn't understand what frame of reference or assumption means? I mean you don't appear to know much about the subject you're trying to debate. Then you tell me I talk nonsense? Prove me wrong, say something about cosmology that sound 's like you know what your talking about...

[field16]

@jib1000 There you go slandering me again. You do not appear to be willing to speak rationally. If you were seeking truth, I would have been happy to discuss this with you in a friendly way.

[jib1000]

@field16 WOW

First of all there is no way to say that the solar system spins clockwise or counterclockwise since that all depends on your frame of reference. Secondly it was an ASSUMTION to illustrate a thought problem in simple terms. My assumption being right or wrong doesn't change my hypothetical situation one bit. Clearly you know little to nothing about physics, cosmology, or even simple high school science.

[field16]

@jib1000 It's hard to argue with you, because your assumption is wrong. The solar system does not, as a whole, spin clockwise, as you lead us to assume. It spins counter-clockwise.

If you never spoke nonsense yourself, it would be easier for you to slander others, and not get caught.