Earth’s co-orbital satellites?

Earth has two other co-orbital satellites besides the Moon: asteroids 3753 Cruithne and 2002 AA29. Cruithne is 3 miles wide and orbits in synchrony with Earth, while AA29 is smaller and orbits in a horseshoe shape. The Earth is not a perfect sphere and may have had a second moon in the past. Earth’s best-known […]

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