Infrared Data From WISERevealsTrojan Asteroid
Credit: Paul Wiegert/University of Western Ontario
A search of data generated by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft has revealed a small asteroid sharing Earth's orbit and preceding it around the Sun. Known as a Trojan, the asteroid designated 2010 TK7 measures about 1,000 ft. in diameter and orbits above and below Earth's...
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