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Large New Object Beyond Neptune
Designated as 2003 EL61, This object has a more elliptical orbit and is inclined more off axis from our solar system than pluto. Where pluto is 17 degrees off axis and at an average of 39 AU, this object moves from 35 to 51 AU and is at a 26 degree inclination.
This indeed would confirm a suspicion that I have had, in that as objects get farther and farther out, the inclinations and eccentricities become more and more pronounced. By the time we can track things clear out in the Oort cloud, there may be little orientation at all with respect to the rest of the solar system.
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