Posted on 12/22/2004 4:46:21 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Mystery Object Orbits Earth A puzzling object just discovered in orbit around Earth might be an Apollo rocket on a fantastic journey through the solar system.
NASA
Sept. 20, 2002: Something odd is circling our planet. It's small, perhaps only 60-ft long, and rotates once every minute or so. Amateur astronomer Bill Yeung first spotted the 16th magnitude speck of light on Sept. 3rd in the constellation Pisces. He named it J002E3.
Automated asteroid surveys scan the skies every few weeks, yet there was no sign of Yeung's object earlier this year. "It must have entered Earth orbit recently," says Paul Chodas of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at JPL. "But it doesn't match any recently-launched spacecraft."
In other words, it's a mystery.
Could it be an alien spaceship? "If it is," says Chodas, "the aliens aren't good pilots. J002E3 is in a chaotic orbit. It loops around Earth once every 48 days or so, coming as close to our planet as the Moon and ranging as far away as two lunar distances." There's no evidence that the speck is moving under its own power. The orbit is constantly changing because of gravitational perturbations by the Sun and Moon.
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Great minds think alike? Or are we not exactly thinking with our "minds"? LOL
ping
The aliens are coming! Grab the tin foil!
LOL...this honkie be scared...LOL
My mom almost caught me perturbating once.
Yeah, we're getting horrible weather. Be careful if you're on I-65. There are always all kinds of wrecks there (dumbass FL folks going north who don't know how to drive in the snow! LOL). Additionally, it's already sleeting and freezing rain tonight. That is going to be underneath the snow, because it sure as hell isn't going to melt before then!
¡Más fotos por favor!
Two years ago and you're just telling me....NOWWWWW?
I do't think so, when I logged on these headlines were back to back.
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Posted by McGavin999 to JohnHuang2 On 12/22/2004 6:59:23 PM CST · 218 of 218
Mystery Object Orbits Earth
Posted by Bluegrass Conservative to ASA Vet On 12/22/2004 6:59:21 PM CST · 22 of 22
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Go back and reload on post 14. It's magic???
Well, so far about 15 posters are orbiting the thread looking for clever repartee.
That's what I was hoping so I could read it to my little girl. Usually NASA spots Santa.
Well, Ms. Lopez is famous for her butt, but I think the frontside is awfully underrated. LOL
Go back and reload on post 14. What was that about great minds? sheesh.
Thanks, my little girl is going bonkers. I have to print it out. She loves it. Ahhhhh to be 9 again.
I think if it were Moore he would disrupt the earths oceans with tidal forces due to his massive gravitational field.
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