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Originally Posted by erick
Quick - down to Ladbrokes - what odds it'll hit one of the rovers?
"The asteroid's course has now taken it behind Earth's moon, he said, so it will be almost two weeks before observers get another chance to plot its course more accurately."
This confused me, but it must be suggesting that asteroid is tracking same path and speed as the Moon, from our earthbound perspective. I find it hard to believe given how fast the Moon moves relative to the stars??
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It is quite possible, depending on it's orientation from our perspective and
it's orbit. I suppose the odds of it happening is like the odds of it hitting Mars
regards,CS