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Earth's "Second Moon" Gets Close, Briefly

Posted by timothy on from the check-its-deodorant dept.

angkor writes with a snippet from MSNBC: "An asteroid that behaves something like a second moon to Earth will make its closest approach to our planet next week before shuttling back into deep space for nearly a century."

4 of 10 comments (clear)

  1. First... by Cyno01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Thats no moon, Its a battle Station" Post!

    --
    "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  2. Re:Who cares? by Twilight1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, you would probably care if it happened to hit in your back yard...

    ...but not for long. ;)

    - Twilight1

  3. Re:Who cares? by EvilBastard · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I care about this cause it's "orbit" as seen from Earth is Really,Really, Reallyneat.

    Although I admit that everytime I look at the JPL Orbit Diagrams, I feel the urge to load up the original version of Elite

  4. Link to JPL's press release by netjeff · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's a link directly to JPL's press release:

    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2003/1.cfm

    There are several interesting anmiations.