The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily

[link to orbitsimulator.com]

So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966.
[link to orbitsimulator.com]
That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit.
[link to orbitsimulator.com]
Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis.

WE'VE NEVER LEFT THE ATMOSPHERE.

FAKE NEWS.

FUNNY THAT WITH A PLANET CRAWLING WITH MYRIAD LIFE FORMS OF EVERY CLASS AND SPECIES THERE ARE RETARDS ONLY INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATING WITH LIFEFORMS THAT EITHER DON'T EXIST OR ARE TOO FAR AWAY TO EVER MAKE CONTACT WITH.

YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AS FUCKED UP AS YOUR BELIEF IN "SPACE".

YOU'VE BEEN SWINDLED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OUT OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A HOAX AND YOU SWALLOWED IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.

No. It will be much too far to resolve as more than a point-like light source at close approach.

You're obviously triggered by my thread, screaming in all caps because we have found an old rocket that was launched away from earth more than 50 years ago and has finally come back around the sun and is returning to earth orbit.

So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966.
[link to orbitsimulator.com]
That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit.
[link to orbitsimulator.com]
Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis.

But what is it doing there? Those old rockets used to fall back into the ocean or something.

You do realize that rockets generally have multiple stages, right? The Centaur is the upper stage of the rocket, not the first stage. Atlas back then used to drop off excess engines into the ocean mid-launch, a kind of half-staging to reduce the "dry mass" of the rocket on its way to orbit.

[link to orbitsimulator.com]

:thisshit:

WE'VE NEVER LEFT THE ATMOSPHERE.

FAKE NEWS.

FUNNY THAT WITH A PLANET CRAWLING WITH MYRIAD LIFE FORMS OF EVERY CLASS AND SPECIES THERE ARE RETARDS ONLY INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATING WITH LIFEFORMS THAT EITHER DON'T EXIST OR ARE TOO FAR AWAY TO EVER MAKE CONTACT WITH.

YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AS FUCKED UP AS YOUR BELIEF IN "SPACE".

YOU'VE BEEN SWINDLED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OUT OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A HOAX AND YOU SWALLOWED IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.

You're obviously triggered by my thread, screaming in all caps because we have found an old rocket that was launched away from earth more than 50 years ago and has finally come back around the sun and is returning to earth orbit. It all traces back to when it first left Earth in September 1966 and it proves we went a lot farther than the atmosphere, even back then, just as NASA said. I pity you, it must suck to see your entire worldview crumbling before your eyes from such a simple discovery.