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MooseTetrino t1_j2d40ku wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:17 AM

Reply to comment by balmury 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

Easier than you think. Was likely in orbit of the Earth for a while then got a fortunate boost from lunar gravity flinging it further.

Though I’ve not read the details in a while and I’m travelling so can’t load the wiki page.