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    NASA: Approaching Space Object Artificial?

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    Post  TRANCOSO Mon May 31, 2010 11:13 am

    NASA: Is Approaching
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    NASA authorities report that an unknown object approaching the Earth from deep space is almost certainly artificial in origin rather than being an asteroid. Object 2010 KQ was detected by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona earlier this month, and subsequently tracked by NASA's asteroid-watching service, the Near-Earth Object Program headquartered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.


    Observations by astronomer S J Bus, using the NASA-sponsored Infrared Telescope Facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, indicate that 2010 KQ's spectral characteristics do not match any of the known asteroid types, and the object's absolute magnitude (28.9) suggests it is only a few meters in size.

    The mysterious artificial object has apparently made a close pass by the Earth, coming in almost to the distance of the Moon's orbit, and is now headed away again into the interplanetary void. The object has used no propulsion during the time NASA has had it under observation. However the spacewatch experts believe that it must have moved under its own power at some point, given its position and velocity.

    "The orbit of this object is very similar to that of the Earth, and one would not expect a object to remain in this type of orbit for very long," said Paul Chodas, at JPL.

    The experts believe that the object must be a spacecraft, or part of one - likely to be a booster stage from an interplanetary mission of the past, now drifting back in to Earth and out again. The next visit will probably be 2036, at which time there's a small chance that 2010 KQ will crash into the atmosphere and burn up.

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    The NASA graphic above shows the trajectory of the near-Earth object known as 2010 KQ, which the space agency said is likely a spent rocket stage that escaped the Earth-moon system years ago, and not an asteroid.

    Source: Dailygalaxy.com
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    Post  TRANCOSO Mon May 31, 2010 3:58 pm

    The object has used no propulsion during the time NASA has had it under
    observation. However the spacewatch experts believe that it must have
    moved under its own power at some point
    , given its position and
    velocity.

    The experts believe that the object must be a spacecraft, or part of one
    - likely to be a booster stage from an interplanetary mission of the
    past, now drifting back in to Earth and out again
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    I was always under the impression that a booster stage burns up, whereafter it doesn't get 'fueled up' again, to move under its own power at some point.

    But than again: I Believe Anything!
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    Post  Carol Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:33 am

    Hmmm, Mauna Kea is literally my backyard. I wonder what this thingy really is.


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    Post  Mercuriel Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:04 am

    Some prescient Points to be made...

    > Boosters are indeed used in alot of instances to Boost a Stage or Rocket farther into the Atmosphere to break the Pull of the Earth's Gravity and enter Space.

    > Some Boosters are indeed on Satellites in Deep space but They're hard wired to the Craft and are not to be Jetisoned as They're used for directional and course corrections that are necessary for the Craft as It continues along on It's Mission.

    > Addtionally - Celestial Objects such as Planets and Moons on the WAY OUT are commonly used as Slingshots to propel the Craft to the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond.

    > So with that understood - Once It got out that far - No Booster would be able to come back in at Us and would have to be under Intelligent Control to do so with Celestial Gravitational Quantities taken into account.

    Simply put - It would be coming back into the Solar System from Deep space against these Forces and not with them as Celestial Gravity is used as a Slingshot to get TO the Outer Solar System. It is used for this exact purpose as the tendency of the Solar System is to grab things without Their own sufficent Gravity to remain - And propel them into Deep space and thereby - Oblivion...

    That said - My Spidey Senses are tingling on this One too - Good Grab Tran...

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