Asteroid Orbits Sun Inside Earth’s Path
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Astronomers at Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory have discovered an asteroid whose orbit around the sun lies entirely within the Earth’s orbit, making it only the second such known object. The asteroid, known as 2004 JG6, orbits the sun in six months and, on average, is closer to the sun that any other object in the solar system except Mercury.
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