Trojan Asteroid Shares Orbit With Earth
July 29, 2011
This animation illustrates the orbit of 2010 TK7 (green dots), the first known Earth Trojan asteroid, discovered by NEOWISE, the asteroid-hunting portion of NASA’s WISE mission. credit: NASA
Topics:
Environment, Trojan, Space exploration, Asteroid, Eleanor F. Helin, (33342) 1998 WT24, Near-Earth asteroids, animation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA's WISE mission