(419624) 2010 SO16 is a sub-kilometer asteroid in a co-orbital configuration with Earth, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.

Apr 6, 2011 · Astronomers from the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland have found that a recently discovered asteroid 2010 SO16 has been following the Earth in its motion around the sun for at least the...

419624 (2010 SO16) is a very small asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Earth. NASA JPL has classified 2010 SO16 as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" due to its predicted close pass (es) with Earth.

Apr 6, 2011 · The space rock, called asteroid 2010 SO16, has been following Earth as our planet orbits the sun for at least 250,000 years and is up to 1,312 feet (400 meters) wide, scientists said.

Apr 8, 2011 · Astronomers used the Las Cumbres Observatory's Faulkes Telescope North in Hawaii to track asteroid 2010 SO16, circled here in red. Astronomers using data from NASA's WISE mission have found an asteroid that appears to slowly trace out a horseshoe shape in space, as seen from Earth.

Apr 7, 2011 · Not only does 2010 SO16 circle the Sun at the same average distance as Earth, but it follows a path so nearly circular that it can't get close to any planet but Earth.

2 days ago · In 2009, the WISE infrared survey satellite captured images that revealed the existence of a new asteroid, designated 2010 SO16. Astonishingly, this celestial

Apr 6, 2011 · But the new object, designated 2010 SO16, is different. Its orbit is almost circular so that it cannot come close to any other planet in the solar system except the Earth. The researchers set out...

Mar 31, 2011 · We present a dynamical investigation of a newly found asteroid, 2010 SO16, and the discovery that it is a horseshoe companion of the Earth. The object's absolute magnitude (H=20.7) makes this the largest object of its type known to-date.

We present a dynamical investigation of a newly found asteroid, 2010 SO16, and the discovery that it is a horseshoe companion of the Earth. The object's absolute magnitude (H= 20.7) makes this the largest object of its type known to-date.