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First Earth Trojan Asteroid Discovered
The Bad Astronomer writes "Astronomers have found the very first Earth Trojan asteroid, a rock that more-or-less shares Earth's orbit around the Sun. Seen in data by NASA's WISE mission, 2010 TK7 is about 300 meters across and leads the Earth by 60 degrees around the Sun. Trojans have been seen for Jupiter, Neptune, and Mars, but this is the first for our planet."
It seems like the asteroid would do just find without corporate sponsorship.
... the very first Earth Trojan asteroid,
Curse its sudden but inevitable betrayal.
-- IANAL, this isn't legal advice, and definitely isn't legal advice for you. Also, Squee!
Since this trojan shows that the Earth hasn't cleared its orbit, does that mean that Earth is no longer considered a planet?
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
how do we know it's "leading by 60 degrees"? Maybe it's trailing by 300!
antipaucity
Well, now, uh, Launcelot, Galahad and I, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the asteroid, taking the French, uh, by suprise. Not only by suprise, but totally unarmed! ...*Who* leaps out?
Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
'bout that rock outside La Grange
and you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
to that stone out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls ah.
Have mercy.
A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
A haw, haw, haw.
Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time
and the ten to get yourself in.
A hmm, hmm.
And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night,
but now I might be mistaken.
hmm, hmm, hmm.
Ah have mercy.
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