3552 Don Quixote... leaving our solar system?
Monday, July 11, 2011 - 13:00
in Astronomy & Space
Tell me thy company, and Ill tell thee what thou art In this case it is Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote one of the most well-known of Near Earth Asteroids. You may know its name, but did you know it has possible cometary origin? It may very well be one of the Jupiter-Family Comets just waiting for its turn to be ejected from our own solar system.