"New Mini-Moon Might Actually Be Old Space Junk" Topic
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Tango01 | 21 Oct 2020 4:38 p.m. PST |
…Coming Back to Haunt Us "Earth will soon welcome a temporary mini-moon, but this newly detected object, an apparent asteroid, might actually be of unnatural origin—a booster rocket dating back to the 1960s.
The object, designated 2020 SO, was spotted recently by astronomers using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii. It's expected to become a temporary mini-moon, a phenomenon that happens from time-to-time, when passing asteroids make a few loops around Earth before resuming their celestial journeys around the Sun. This happened recently, for example, with an object called 2020 CD3…"
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Grelber | 21 Oct 2020 8:04 p.m. PST |
Interesting article. Grelber |
Tango01 | 22 Oct 2020 12:17 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend! (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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