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| | Beyond Pluto |
 | | In 1996, John Murray of the Open University discovered 13 long-period comets of similar trajectory that he surmised were being influenced by a Jupiter-class object 32,000 AU from the Sun. |
 | | 1996 PW, discovered in August 1996 using NEAT at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, first appeared to be an asteroid, with a diameter of 5-10 miles. |
 | | Nature, in its 4 June 1997 issue, reported that this was first sighted beyond Neptune on 9 October 1996, when it was at 3° 03’ Taurus, the same spot that Chiron was occupying when discovered, give or take five minutes. |
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