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
To: BenLurkin
You know the drill...
“That’s no moon...”
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)
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.)
To: BenLurkin
"....but because it is not dominated by the Earths 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.
To: BenLurkin
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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