http://space.newscientist.com/articl...em-bodies.html

What does that mean? I was of the impression gravitation wasn't stoppable or cancelable.
Anybody have a better link?

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"Gravitationally detached" probably means, in this context, "orbits the Sun
with negligible perturbations by other bodies in the solar system."

In other words, the orbit of this object has a large enough semi-major axis,
and a high enough inclination, that the gravitational forces between it
and Jupiter, Saturn, etc., are so small that they don't have any
significant effect over long timescales.