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Asteroid 131 Vala at end of retrograde loop - 11 days

Objects in the outer Solar System move backward (retrograde) when we pass them. It's similar to passing a car on the highway and watching it appear to move backward against the background. It takes a few viewings to track this asteroid reaching the end of its retrograde loop near the right edge of the frame.


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