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Thanks! Article mentions the asteroid's distsance is ~38x the moon's; that's ~15M km, or 10x the Hill Sphere.
by tantalor 10y ago
Thanks!
Article mentions the asteroid's distsance is ~38x the moon's; that's ~15M km, or 10x the Hill Sphere.
- dalke 10y agoThe other way is to work backwards. The orbital period is 1 year, which is longer than seven months, so it can't be in the Hill Sphere.