Between the Third Rock and a Hot Place: Meet Earth’s ‘Trojan’ Asteroid

newshour:

There’s a shadow asteroid that has been following the earth around our orbit for thousands of years, and we just discovered it. Tell me that’s not cool.

Click through to watch an animation of the path of the asteroid.

It’s caught between powerful tugs from the sun and the Earth. Letting go is tough.

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  7. amandachanguris reblogged this from zekechanguris and added:
    Duude.
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    It’s caught between powerful tugs from the sun and the Earth. Letting go is tough.
  11. teresagorman reblogged this from newshour and added:
    Couldn’t get this to show up on the dashboard, but click through-really cool!
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    this is pretty badass.
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