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Earth's Little Brother Found

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the heavenly-bodies dept.

loconet writes "The BBC is reporting that astronomers have discovered the first object ever that is in a companion orbit to the Earth. Asteroid 2002 AA29 is only about 100 metres wide and never comes closer than 3.6 million miles to our planet."

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  1. Re:BBC, News for Nerds & stuff that REALLY mat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    dont forget fox news!!

    if you're a republican, who knows nothing about technology and you are gullible (fair and balanced news, hah), fox news is for you!

  2. Re:What about the moon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Read the fucking article, cockmaster!