'Follow-the-leader' asteroid discovered

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 21:20 in Astronomy & Space

PASADENA, Calif., July 27 (UPI) -- Astronomers studying data from an orbiting NASA observatory say they've discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun in the Earth's orbit.

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