On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 12:25:51 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: > > 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 > the object needs a new designation as it does not orbit the Sun, just passing through.
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