ODD ASTEROID

spaceweather.com ^ | april-15-2003 | spaceweather.com

[green team 1999]

ODD ASTEROID:

On April 7th, astronomers discovered a near-Earth asteroid following a curious path around the Sun. The orbit of 2003 GQ22 is nestled almost entirely inside Earth's own.

"2003 GQ22 is nearly a member of the elusive inner-Earth object group, for which there is thought to be several members, but only one discovered to date (2003 CP20)," says Donald Yeomans, the manager of JPL's Near Earth Object Program.

Inner-Earth asteroids start out like most space rocks--orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt beyond Mars.

But over the course of time, perhaps hundreds of millions of years or longer, they are nudged inward by gravitational tugs from Jupiter, Mars and Earth itself.

On 15 Apr 2003 there were 505 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

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[green team 1999]

is not going to hit us,don`t worry.

[Frank_Discussion]

FBI says it isn't terrorism...

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[Frank_Discussion]

Seriously, I wonder what the ephemeris works out to. Does it ever intersect Earth's orbit, and when is it's closest approach?

[cmsgop]

It's most likely Clintons Diary.......

[Redcloak]

Baghdad Bob says it isn't there.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Is "inner earth" near "middle earth"?

[DC native]

Oui, but zee French have surrendered just in case.

[green team 1999]

between the earth and the sun

[COURAGE]

"They are like a snake and we are going to cut it in pieces."

[Radix]

Why do they call them asteroids?

[TaxRelief]

Perhaps the following riddle will add some light to the meaning of the word "asteroid".

What do toilet paper and The Star Ship Enterprise have in common?

[TomServo]

Women, Children and Minorities hit hardest...

[Luna]

The asteroids have such creative names! Makes me wish my mother had named me 2003AS30, or something like that.

[RightWhale]

Is this the 4th moon of earth, or the 5th? Cruithne is the 3rd.

[widgysoft]

I am deeply saddened.

[toast]

What do toilet paper and The Star Ship Enterprise have in common?

They both wipe the Klingons from Uranus.

[dljordan]

It's an Alien Spaceship. Welcome Space Brothers!

[TaxRelief]

They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons... Close enough, though, you win!

[Maelstrom]

Still...how big?