So are we essentially racing this asteroid around the sun? And it's slowly coming into our path?
So are we essentially racing this asteroid around the sun?
Lookie here,
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2004+MN4
They have an interactive tool, you can zoom, rotate animate and change time step. Basically it's in an oval orbit that extends from just outside venus to just outside earths orbit. It's orbit is slightly inclined to the earth's but crosses earth's orbit around the point in the earth's orbit where earth is on April 13 every year. Most years he's not there on April 13, so it's no big deal. In 2029 we both get there around the same time. Could be a big deal.