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2016 HO3 is an asteroid that appears to orbit around Earth due to the mechanics of its peculiar orbit around the sun.
Credit: NASA-JPL

1 posted on 10/20/2017 12:12:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

You know the drill...

“That’s no moon...”


2 posted on 10/20/2017 12:14:47 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe the terran Moon has a moonlet of its own? LOL


3 posted on 10/20/2017 12:17:09 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: BenLurkin

Closest approach is 9 million miles.


5 posted on 10/20/2017 12:21:48 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: BenLurkin
"....but because it is not dominated by the Earth’s gravity, their two orbits are out of sync.

Only in the short term. Given time, the Earth will eventually either sweep it up or fling it outside Earth's orbit.
6 posted on 10/20/2017 12:21:50 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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7 posted on 10/20/2017 1:21:39 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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