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Old April 18th 07, 06:42 PM posted to sci.space.history
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For awhile there was speculation this was a returning Apollo-era S4B stage,
but more recent measurements seem to lower the chances of that...


Earth's "Other Moon"
April 17, 2007
by Roger W. Sinnott

http://skytonight.com/news/Earth_Sec...?showAll=y&c=y

Last September, when a tiny asteroid drifted into Earth's vicinity, our
planet's gravity captured it. The meter-size object, designated 6R10DB9, is
now making its third wide swing around Earth. It was quite faint, magnitude
19.3, when discovered September 14th with the 0.68-meter (27-inch) Schmidt
telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, and it won't get much
brighter than that. ... more


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On Apr 18, 1:42 pm, "Jim Oberg" wrote:
For awhile there was speculation this was a returning Apollo-era S4B stage,
but more recent measurements seem to lower the chances of that...

Earth's "Other Moon"
April 17, 2007
by Roger W. Sinnott

http://skytonight.com/news/Earth_Sec...?showAll=y&c=y

Last September, when a tiny asteroid drifted into Earth's vicinity, our
planet's gravity captured it. The meter-size object, designated 6R10DB9, is
now making its third wide swing around Earth. It was quite faint, magnitude
19.3, when discovered September 14th with the 0.68-meter (27-inch) Schmidt
telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, and it won't get much
brighter than that. ... more



Hmmm, whats the delta V to get to it?

 




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