Friday, April 8, 2011

Match made in heaven: Earth finds new companion as giant asteroid joins its path around the sun

From The Daily Mail.  Excerpts:

Earth has found a new companion that has joined its orbit around the sun, scientists have revealed.

It may not have the most romantic of names, but Asteroid 2010 SO16 could pursue Earth for anywhere between the next 120,000 to a million years.

And at a few hundred metres across, it is the largest space rock ever discovered so close to earth.

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