Sunday, January 1, 2012

A long-lived horseshoe companion to the Earth

Astronomers from the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland have found that asteroid, 2010 SO16, and the discovery that it is a horseshoe companion of the Earth. The object’s absolute magnitude (H = 20.7) makes this the largest object of its type known to-date.
For more information : http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0036


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