This is weird...also...Shining Arcanine wrote:http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=adata/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June853.xml§ion=theworld
It is not on any list of of known space debris. Considering that it is possible to find and track every bit of debris floating in space using a radar scan, that would mean that it suddenly appeared there.
I wonder if the Shuttle Discovery will do a fly-by to see what it is after it launches on July 1st.
I just read an article that there is an asteroid some 1,500 to 3,000 feet across that will pass by Earth on July 3rd...at 1.1 times the distance of the Earth to the moon.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060626/sc_space/hugeasteroidtoflypastearthjuly3
Of course, if you throw this together with the Israelis getting ready to rescue a kidnapped soldier with an invasion (and one of the militant groups threatening a chemical weapons response), on top of Iran rejecting nuclear talks...it should be an *interesting* week.
