We got a rock in the back yard

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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23361 Credit: 4,632,727 RAC: 3,947	Message 1133010 - Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 15:53:10 UTC
	It traces quite a complex path at its orbital point. Currently, it is about 80 million km from Earth, and should come no closer than about 25 million km. The team says its orbit appears stable at least for the next 10,000 years. 2010 TK7's existence should not really be a surprise. Jupiter, Neptune and Mars all have collections of rocks sitting in the so-called Lagrange points 60 degrees ahead of or behind the planets in their orbits. Space rock ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA Member, 1st Childhood
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KWSN - Sir William The Flagrantly Verbose Send message Joined: 28 Apr 00 Posts: 829 Credit: 11,757,678 RAC: 0	Message 1133085 - Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 19:06:03 UTC
	Asteroid Mining Anyone? Trojan detected in Earth's Orbit ____________ *"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - Orwell*
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Jim_S Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4424 Credit: 14,065,506 RAC: 11,894	Message 1133088 - Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 19:31:26 UTC
	Asteroid Mining could be a great step into the final frontier...Any Private corporations interested? Could be a great way to harvest metals and start a non Earth Destructive enterprise with the possibility of Humans learning to live off planet. Also could be a highly profitable venture for our future in Space.? As in off planet manufacturing and habitation for Earth and space ventures. Crap, I don't know I'll be gone by that time. ;) ____________ I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23361 Credit: 4,632,727 RAC: 3,947	Message 1133112 - Posted: 28 Jul 2011, 21:00:17 UTC
	Still think we should be aimimg for a moonbase first! P.s. Thanks Mods for combining posts :-)
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[AF>france>pas-de-calais]symaski62 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Aug 05 Posts: 254 Credit: 70,163 RAC: 12	Message 1133200 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 0:26:44 UTC Last modified: 29 Jul 2011, 0:27:04 UTC
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_TK7 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccv5GsjTwuo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGmdSbtkFS0 ____________ SETI@Home Informational message -9 result_overflow with a general handicap of 80% and it makes much d' efforts for the community and s' expimer, thank you d' to be understanding.
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skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 8970 Credit: 37,805,703 RAC: 43,249	Message 1133541 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 16:52:19 UTC - in response to Message 1133200.
	since we are actually following the rock it would seem to be in the front yard ____________ Proud member of TSWB. End terrorism by building a school
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23361 Credit: 4,632,727 RAC: 3,947	Message 1133666 - Posted: 29 Jul 2011, 20:47:25 UTC
	OK clever clogs, it's at L4 LeGrange point. ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA Member, 1st Childhood
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