Donald Qualls wrote:
David Weinshenker wrote:
From arocket... -dw
Paul Breed wrote:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
That's a very low velocity object with a small estimated diameter -- I
wonder if it isn't another "lost" upper stage that's been in an
almost-congruent orbit for a long time and just now getting
synchronized again enough to come close. The white paint on those
rocket stages makes them look much, much larger than they are if you
have an assumption they're almost black like a chondrite asteroid.
I've started running the orbit backwards. I've found a close encounter
on April 15, 1998 so far. I'll keep going.
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