Corkscrew Asteroids
A tiny asteroid looping around Earth for the past seven years is about to leave the neighborhood.
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Most near-Earth asteroids, when they approach Earth, simply fly by. They come and they go, occasionally making news around the date of closest approach. 2003 YN107 is different: It came and it stayed.
"We believe 2003 YN107 is one of a whole population of near-Earth asteroids that don't just fly by Earth. They pause and corkscrew in our vicinity for years before moving along."
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They can come and go? Solar wind brushes them off? Very interesting post my friend @everittdmickey
I dunno if solar wind has much to do with it.
But yeah...it's called a quasi-orbital...