Back in 1966, the Nasa team behind an attempted Moon landing thought they would never see their rocket again after it was swept into the Sun’s orbit. After releasing its payload, the rocket swept past the Moon and went into orbit around the Sun. After releasing its payload, the rocket swept past the Moon and went into orbit around the SunNasa’s asteroid expert Paul Chodas said: ‘I’m pretty jazzed about this. It is also in the same plane as Earth, not tilted above or below, and is approaching at 1,500mph – slow by asteroid standards. Mr Chodas said he doubted the object will slam into Earth, adding: ‘At least, not this time around.’

Source: Daily Mail October 11, 2020 21:36 UTC