Milton Keynes UK (SPX) Feb 09, 2022
Research has shown that the Earth trails an asteroid barely a kilometre across in its orbit about the Sun - only the second such body to have ever been spotted. It goes round the Sun on average two months ahead of the Earth, dancing around in front like an excited herald of our coming. This object, known as 2020 XL5, was first spotted in December 2020 using Pan-STARRS telescopes on the sum
Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered - could it help future space missions?
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