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First Earth Trojan Asteroid Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @07:51AM from the little-brother dept.

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."

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Finally by avgjoe62 · 2011-07-27 07:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The Earth has abandoned all that parochial school teaching and pick up some Trojans...

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First Earth by SnarfQuest · 2011-07-27 07:58 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Is First Earth anything like Second Life?

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