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10 JAN. 2017
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The 2003 ‘precovery’ image of asteroid 2016 WJ1, which was ‘refound’ in 2016 by the Catalina Sky Survey. The asteroid appears as a faint spot between two bright stars. The orbit of 2016 WJ is rather peculiar, having both nodes – the two intersections of the asteroid’s orbit plane with the orbit plane of Earth – very close to Earth’s orbital radius.
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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
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ESA Standard Licence
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