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Asteroid Stalks the Earth

Started by PPI Brian, April 13, 2011, 08:52:16 PM

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PPI Brian

The headline of this article totally caught my attention:

Asteroid Stalks Earth in Weird Horseshoe-Shaped Orbit


From Space.com: A newfound asteroid has been discovered to be trailing Earth on an oddball course: an orbit that looks a lot like a horseshoe. Click the link below to read the article.

http://www.space.com/11316-asteroid-earth-horseshoe-orbit.html
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."--Carl Sagan

PPI Tracy

That is a very interesting article.  There is so much about space that we do not know.  We haven't even begun to scratch the surface.  I always wonder if somewhere, space just stops.  Kinda like The Truman Show, where at the end, the mast of the boat hits what is supposed to be the horizon and puts a hole in it.  He finds that he got to the end of what he thought was real.  Then again, he steps through a door and there is the real world behind it.  

It boggles the mind.  My boggled mind is busy boggling.  P^/

PPI Debra



I find this fascinating. There are old myths about "shadow" planets, suns & moons, in some cultures.
It seems amazing that mankind attempts to define certain parameters in space, and then they discover something completely contrary.
I love it!
Thanks for posting, it Brian.
"If you're after gettin' the honey, don't go killin' all the bees." -Joe Strummer