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3753 Cruithne: the Cruthin Planetoid

Courtesy of Jesse Smith   3753 Cruithne is an asteroid in a horseshoe orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with the Earth. It is a periodic inclusion planetoid and has been incorrectly called “Earth’s second moon”, but it is … Continue reading

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