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Observations and data gathered since the initial sighting concluded that, as of Jan. 31, the asteroid is 30 million miles from Earth and moving farther away on its orbital path around the sun.

"Therefore, it is crucial to treat the orbital environment as a finite resource that requires protection and conservation."

It has the shortest orbital period of any known comet within our solar system, taking just 3.3 years to orbit the Sun.

But however Skynet-1A then got shifted to its present position, it was ultimately allowed to die in an awkward place when really it should have been put in an "orbital graveyard".

Given its orbital path, the last time this comet would have been seen in the sky was about 80,000 years ago, during the time of the Neanderthals.