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Astronomers estimate the Trojan asteroid will accompany Earth for more than 3,500 years The second Earth Trojan asteroid was confirmed by astronomers and called it 2020 XL5, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on February 1.
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 Earth's 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 it's only the second Earth Trojan asteroid ever discovered.