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Anubis17_76 OP t1_j2dlh2z wrote

Reply to comment by dchallenge in TIL: in 2002 amateur astronomer Bill Yeung accidentally rediscovered the 3rd stage of Apollo 12s Rocket, after NASA misscalculated its discarding burn, causing it to enter a 40 year cycle switching between sun and earth orbits. by Anubis17_76

yes and no, NASA tracks a whole bunch of space debris (this one is designated J002E3) so probably not. but its predicted to eventually crash into either the moon or the earth, where due to higher speed and different angle, it might actually not break up and be a nonissue like the upper stages from previous Apollo Missions :)

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