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Explained: How did a rocket booster from 1966 become a Near-Earth Object? – The Indian Express

Astronomers track asteroids using telescope to determine if there are potentially hazardous asteroids that pose a threat to the planet. Therefore, it is also important…

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Scientists concluded that the object is in fact the rocket booster, after more than 170 measurements of the object’s position were analysed over the course of three months by observatories across the world.NASA has confirmed that the Near-Earth Object called 2020 SO is the rocket booster that helped lift the space agency’s Surveyor spacecraft toward the Moon in 1966.
Scientists concluded that the object is in fact the rocket booster, after more than 170 measurements of the object’s position were…

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