A new Earth Trojan asteroid was spotted – that’s a huge opportunity

<img width="1280" height="720" src="https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/earthtrojan-1280×720.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Earth Trojan illustration" loading="lazy" style="margin: auto;margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%" data-attachment-id="710382" data-permalink="https://www.slashgear.com/a-new-earth-trojan-asteroid-was-spotted-thats-a-huge-opportunity-03710381/earthtrojan/" data-orig-file="https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/earthtrojan.jpg" data-orig-size="1440,810" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="earthtrojan" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine

” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/earthtrojan-1280×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/earthtrojan-1280×720.jpg” />Astronomers have discovered a new Trojan asteroid that follows the same path around the Sun as Earth. Dubbed 2020 XL5, the newly discovered Trojan is the second such asteroid that has been discovered, with both discoveries occurring over the past ten years. The asteroid is shadowing Earth and as it is in the same general orbit, there is no danger … Continue reading

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