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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WARNING! TURN ON ROTATOR
UPON LEAVING PLANET OR YOU'LL
BE BUG JUICE IF YOU FLOAT
INTO THE ION DRIVE.
this here whitey is gonna go down wit my
stereo a blarin, james marshall hendrix a playin'
the star spangled banner!!!!!!!
lmao.
I didn't mean that Christians are prohibited from driving on Christmas. I just meant that as a practical matter, very few Christians will be starting out on a cross-country drive that day.
At this time of year I want so bad to be nine again myself. Going bonkers is so cool! You are blessed.
oh my i just spewed java!
Funny you should mention it - I did a little research on Orbitz.com, and La Quinta is exactly the place I came up with! Now that I have your recommendation, I will definitely stay there if I manage to make it that far on Day One. Thanks.
Louie Farakan's mothership no doubt.
Tragically, your undoubtedly very important ;-) image couldn't be viewed. Could you repost this vital piece of . . . information?
Ja-Lo is booty-licious!
It took him a 26,000 MPH Dominoe's Pizza fart to get him up there.
"Good Lord!!! Michael Moore has gotten so big that he's now orbiting the earth!!!! : )"
Michael Moore ascends high on bloat propelled by verbal flatulance.
I see it pretty clearly..too clearly
Yep. Down here near North Vernon we're snowed in.
Can't even get out with my 4WD.
Drifts are too big, and it's still coming down like mad.
Oh well. Put another log on the fire and wait it out.
ROFL!!!! Funniest post of the day. And I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice the funny designation...
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