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"In effect, this small asteroid is caught in a game of leap frog with Earth that will last for hundreds of years. " ...and then what? Would be interesting if
by beamatronic 10y ago
"In effect, this small asteroid is caught in a game of leap frog with Earth that will last for hundreds of years. "
...and then what? Would be interesting if they speculated on the end game. Or perhaps they already know.
- jobigoud 10y agoFrom Wikipedia article on Quasi-satellites: > Over time they tend to evolve to other types of resonant motion, where they no longer remain in the planet's neighbourhood, then possibly later move back to a quasi-satellite orbit, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-satellite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-satellite