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An asteroid that was discovered riding along in Earth's orbit is about 1.2 km wide and might remain as a hitchhiker with our planet for at least 4 000 more years while posing no danger, scientists said on Tuesday.

For only the second time ever, researchers have found an asteroid riding along in Earth's orbit as our planet's constant companion.

An asteroid that was discovered riding along in Earths orbit is about three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide and might remain as a hitchhiker with our planet for at least 4,000 more years while posing no danger, scientists said.

Our planet has a celestial sentry leading the way around the sun, and its only the second Earth Trojan asteroid ever discovered.

Trojan asteroid, also called Trojan planet, is any one of a number of asteroids that occupy a stable Lagrangian point in a planets orbit around the Sun

WASHINGTON: An asteroid that was discovered riding along in Earth s orbit is about three quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide and might remain as a hitchh...

The Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in Chile has made the astounding discovery of an asteroid nearly a kilometer wide moving around the sun alongside Earth.

WASHINGTON: An asteroid that was discovered riding along in Earth s orbit is about three quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide and might remain as a hitchh...

Earth has a new cosmic neighbour that will be around for 4,000 years - This shocking discovery was made by 1-meter SOAR (Southern Astrophysical Research) Telescope on Cerro Pachon in Chile.

Santana-Ros said there could be more Trojan asteroids around Earth awaiting detection. Its location varies between about 56 million miles and 168 million miles from Earth.