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A cattle farmer in Australia's remote northern outback on Friday said he had found a giant ball of twisted metal, which he believes is space junk from a rocket used to launch communications satellites. Farmer James Stirton found the odd-shaped ball last year on his 40,000 hectare property, about 80...

A possible piece of space junk with a 31-day orbit period around the Earth. The object will make a close pass (0.2 Lunar Distances, 82,000 km) to the Earth on the 29th October, 2009. Orbital elements: 9U01FF6 Perigee 2009 Oct 29.171830 TT = 4:07:26 (JD 2455133.671830) Epoch 2009 Oct 27.0 TT = JDT 2455...

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Space Junk Mystery space junk (Preview)	Mission News	3	740	Mar 31 17:19 2008 by Blobrana
A cattle farmer in Australia's remote northern outback on Friday said he had found a giant ball of twisted metal, which he believes is space junk from a rocket used to launch communications satellites. Farmer James Stirton found the odd-shaped ball last year on his 40,000 hectare property, about 80...
Space Junk 9U01FF6 (Preview)	Solar System	6	2349	Nov 13 15:28 2015 by Blobrana
A possible piece of space junk with a 31-day orbit period around the Earth. The object will make a close pass (0.2 Lunar Distances, 82,000 km) to the Earth on the 29th October, 2009. Orbital elements: 9U01FF6 Perigee 2009 Oct 29.171830 TT = 4:07:26 (JD 2455133.671830) Epoch 2009 Oct 27.0 TT = JDT 2455...