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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Astronomers using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope identify a Trojan asteroid, calling it "2010 TKsub7/sub", orbiting on the same path as the Earth around the Sun. The rock poses no danger to the Earth since it sits in a what is termed a gravitational sweet spot. //www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14307987 (BBC) //www.nature.com/nature/journal/v475/n7357/full/nature10233.html (Nature)
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