Asteroid 2010 KQ: Probably a Rocket Body http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news168.html
"A small asteroid-like object has been discovered in an orbit about the Sun that is so similar to the Earth's orbit that scientists strongly suspect it to be a rocket stage that escaped years ago from the Earth-Moon system. The object was discovered on May 16, 2010 by Richard Kowalski at the Catalina Sky Survey, and has subsequently been observed by many observers, including Bill Ryan (Magdalena Ridge Observatory) and Peter Birtwhistle (England). It was given the asteroid designation 2010 KQ by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge Massachusetts, who identified its orbit as being very similar to that of the Earth." NASA: Is Approaching Space Object Artificial? http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/05/nasa-could-approaching-space-object-be-artificial.html (2010 KQ) - JPL Small-Body Database Browser http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2010+KQ&orb=1 Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
