They Found Some Unusual Near Earth Objects

What are these unusual objects?  They seem to be following a straight line and almost have a form that looks manipulated?

A new study using data from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope has traced some dark Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) back to their likely source – a family of large, low albedo asteroids known as the Euphrosynes.

The Euphrosyne asteroid family occupies a unique place in orbital element space among families, located in the outer main asteroid belt at very high inclination.

The asteroid after which they are named, 31 Euphrosyne is about 156 miles (260 km) across and is one of the ten largest asteroids in the belt.

Let’s find out more about these strange objects and watch a video on NEOS on the next page

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