Small asteroid plays cat-and-mouse game with Earth

Monday, January 6, 2003

SEATTLE -- In a space game of "catch me if you can," a small asteroid shares the same orbit with Earth -- sometimes ahead, sometimes behind, but never quite touching -- as the two race around the sun, astronomers say.

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