The astronomers have made an astonishing discovery of an object which according to them is orbiting the Sun backwards. This new object is named 2008 KV42, and is discovered in icy Kuiper belt, which is a ring of icy bodies beyond outer planet Neptune. The discovery was made by a team of international researchers led by University of British Columbia.

If adhered to the astronomers, KV42’s orbit is inclined 103.25 to the plane of the Earths orbit. This gives the rise to an assumption that if it orbits towards the Sun, it travels in the opposite direction to the planets.

The ‘New Scientist’ informed that this object might be 50kms across and moves on a path, which takes it from the distance of Uranus to more than twice that of Neptune.

The lead astronomer Brett Gladman, reported, “The object was probably born in the same place as Halley-type comets that also travel on retrograde or highly tilted orbits -- lasting between 20 and 200 years, but they come closer to the Sun.”

The object was first of all spotted by the team in the month of May. The astronomer also said that the origin of family of Comet Halley might also be explained with the help of this object.