Earth’s new mini moon might be space junk that was made in the 1960s
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Earth’s new mini moon might be space junk that was made in the 1960s

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Astronomers using the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona first detected the object, saying it could be a possible mini-moon and named it 2020 SO. Many asteroids or natural satellites get sucked into Earth’s orbit for a short while and end up revolving around our planet while revolving around our star. Back in February this year, a couple of astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona first detected the new object and said that it could be a possible mini-moon. @renerpho @nrco0e https://t.co/h4JaG2rHEd pic.twitter.com/RfUaeLtEWq — Tony Dunn September 20, 2020 Dr Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, shared his calculations about the object being a booster rocket.

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A mini-moon is on track to enter Earth’s orbit and come as close as 27,000 miles away. Dr. Paul Chodas, the director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, believes that the object, named Asteroid 2020 SO, is an old booster rocket from the 1960s. “I suspect this newly discovered object 2020 SO to be an old rocket booster …

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