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Dec 13th: Eccentric Minor Planet to Make Close Pass to Saturn’s Orbit in 2030
Astronomers will have a chance to observe a rare trans-Neptunian object from up close when 2014 UN271 make a close pass to Saturn’s orbit at the end of the decade
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