Asteroid 2010 TK7 - Earth's Trojan

earth's first trojan is confirmed!
check out the crazy toroidal path this little bugger takes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_TK7
Boise_Libsays...

Thanks for the sift. I always wondered if we had a trojan asteroid. I wonder if it would be easier to visit this than others--probably not because of the delta V needed.

[edit] Nope. It moves too far out of the ecliptic.

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