<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Scientists have discovered a minor planet, 2015 OU₁₉₄, in a gravitational partnership with Uranus, locked in a 3:4 mean motion resonance, preventing them from colliding or drifting apart.</li><li>This stable relationship has lasted for at least a million years and is predicted to continue for another 500,000 years into the future, suggesting it formed early in the Solar System's history.</li><li>The discovery sheds light on the complex dynamics of the outer Solar System, as no objects have been found in resonance between Uranus and Neptune before.</li><li>Additional candidates, like 2013 RG₉₈ and 2014 NX₆₅, show similar stable resonances with Uranus and Neptune, hinting at common gravitational partnerships in the region.</li></ul>

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