The space rock has an elliptical orbit that takes it past the orbit of the planet Mars and in between the orbits of Venus and Mercury. The asteroid is slated to safely pass by earth at 10:51 a.m ...
It gets so close that the line on NASA's trajectory map for the asteroid actually passes through Earth as it crosses the planet's orbit ... distance between the Earth and the moon.
Image: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University For nearly a decade, a near-Earth asteroid ... orbit as Earth’s. Previous research suggested that Kamo’oalewa may have originated from the Moon ...
It is described by Space.com as Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' and scientists say it was likely thrown into space an asteroid impact on the Moon between 1 million and 10 million years ago.
A 2,000-foot asteroid is set to pass by earth Monday morning ... The space rock has an elliptical orbit that takes it past the orbit of the planet Mars and in between the orbits of Venus and ...