Friday, April 8, 2011

Msnbc Techonology


Asteroid's been following us for 250,000 years

This image of the asteroid 2010 SO16 was taken with the Faulkes Telescope North. The asteroid has a horseshoe-shaped orbit and has been trailing Earth for 250,000 years, astronomers say.A newfound asteroid has been discovered to be trailing Earth on an oddball course: an orbit that looks a lot like a horseshoe.

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