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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. It's Too Late... by karmavore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All your base are belong to us!!

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  2. Re:SO WHAT??? by Myco · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    My applause to whoever modded this "Insightful." Hee hee.

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  3. Re:Brother? by packeteer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    i've heard it all a million times and yes i have a good reason and no im not going to cahnge it nor am i going to waste time explaining it

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  4. Re:In 600 years by cybermace5 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hey.

    If I hang a string of garlic around my neck, does it keep the trolls away?

    Just thought you might know. ;-)

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