For the first time an asteroid has been found that follows a hyperbolic path not a elliptical one, that means it is not in orbit around the sun but is freely traveling between the stars. It's about 1300 feet across and was discovered on Oct 19 after it had already made its closest approach to Earth (15 million miles) which must have been on Oct 14. It will never come this way again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/10/27/a-space-rock-from-another-star-is-spotted-in-our-solar-system-a-cosmic-first/?utm_term=.2f342bf9bebc John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
