Science
A vintage NASA moon rocket body is officially back in Earth orbit … for now – Space.com
A relic of the early days of spaceflight has likely come back to pay a brief visit to its planet of origin, according to months of observations of a near-Earth object dubbed 2020 SO
.
2020 SO entered what scientists call Earth’s Hill sphere, where Earth’s gravity governs how objects behave, on Nov. 8, according to a NASA statement
. Scientists say that the object will make two leisurely loops around Earth before slipping away to resume its path around the sun in March.
But although scientists first…
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