NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

[edwest4]

NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.

apnews.com

 

[Archibald]

Surveyor 2 Centaur ! And there were six others Surveyors, boosted the same way. There must be plenty of Lunar Orbiter 's Agena high there, too... five of them. Plus a load of Soviet junk. And some S-IVB.

 

[edwest4]

In the past, NASA published a monthly list of orbital debris and other objects, along with coordinates and flight path.

 

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLKvK_S5StE