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Unusual asteriod orbit sheds light on comets' birth: researchers (AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/sc_afp/canadafrancescience"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080904/capt.cps.nmm18.040908201510.photo00.photo.default-360x230.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=9HKXnKwwf0YtN_w3I5R4Vg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Canadian, French and US astronomers have found a strange asteroid with an odd orbit which could help explain the origin of comets, the National Research Council of Canada reported Thursday.(CNRC)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Canadian, French and US astronomers have found a strange asteroid with an odd orbit which could help explain the origin of comets, the National Research Council of Canada reported Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>