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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. Only a 'roid? by Cyno01 · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Jeez, havn't they found Counter-Earth yet?

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