Tag: asteroid
Russia meteor’s origin tracked down
Astronomers have traced the origin of a meteor that injured about 1,000 people after breaking up over central Russia earlier this month. Using amateur video footage, they were able to plot the meteor’s trajectory through Earth’s atmosphere and then reconstruct its orbit around the Sun. As the space rock burned up over the city of… Read More ›
Trojan asteroid tags along on Earth’s orbit
July 28, 2011|By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Turns out the moon’s not the Earth’s only traveling companion. Space scientists have discovered an asteroid that’s been following our fair planet for thousands of years, at least — and there may be many more where it came from, according to a recent study. If other so-called… Read More ›