NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has found the very first asteroid that (more or less) shares an orbit with Earth! Called 2010 TK7, this asteroid is about 300 meters (roughly 1000 ...
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2010 TK7 is seen as a speck of light in the center of this image, which is the addition of three individual exposures taken with the MegaCam camera at CFHT. The telescope was tracking the motion of ...
The vertical motion of the asteroid (in green) relative to Earth over several years. Paul Wiegert, University of Western Ontario This morning, the discovery of Earth’s first Trojan companion was ...
The discovery of this companion, which measures only about 300 yards (275m) across, makes Earth the fourth planet in the solar system known to share its orbit with an asteroid. Imagine Earth and the ...
Earth's immense solitude as it traverses the orbital path around the Sun can now be a thing of the past! Earth has got the company of a little asteroid which it can chase around for a little fun in ...
The first in a long-sought type of asteroid companion to Earth has now been discovered, a space rock that always dances in front of the planet along its orbital path, just beyond its reach. Subscribe ...
Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings A screen shot from an animation showing the orbit of 2010 TK7 (the green ...
The first known Earth Trojan asteroid has been discovered rotating the sun in Earth's orbit. "2010 TK7," as it has been named, is 1,000 feet wide and travels about 48 million miles from and in direct ...
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