retrograde asteroids
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This Backwards-Orbiting Asteroid Has Been Flirting With Death For A Million Years
Most asteroids orbit the Sun in a counterclockwise fashion, but a newly-discovered object nicknamed Bee-Zed goes against the grain, spinning around the Solar System the opposite way. Not only that, it frequently ventures within Jupiter’s orbital space — putting it on a potential collision course with the gas giant and its 6000 co-orbiting asteroids.