Why is this fresh tomato orbiting in space at 4.8 miles per second?

Why is this fresh tomato orbiting in space at 4.8 miles per second?

Nov 23rd 2013, 21:19, by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Jesus Diaz to Gizmodo

No, this is not a photoshop. You are looking at a fresh tomato—a cosmomato? A tomatonaut?—floating in space, orbiting at 4.791 miles per second, 230 miles above your heads. Why the hell is there a tomato in space?
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