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Earth's first Trojan asteroid 2010 TK7 orbit

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Uploaded by on Jul 27, 2011

This clip shows how the motion of Earth and 2010 TK7 around the Sun translates into strange-looking loops. The first part shows the motion over a few years, the second part speeds up the clock to show the long-term motion.
Credit: Athabasca University/CFHT.

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  • This is so cool! I love science!

  • I thought this was some sort of new condom.

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  • A comet dislike!

  • *drools XD*

    porn is tied to science (in particular astronomy and chemestry) on my top 3 favorite things ;)

  • Great work. Thank you.

  • so where the hell is the doom?

  • Are we absolutly sure it's not man made?

  • @scapicoco Thanks for the post. I looked up the Lagrangian. Really cool mathematics.

  • Wow. Fantastic Numerical Analysis. Thank you for posting this!

  • who ever said mathematics is boring?

  • @jacobreinvented when someone on earth mistakes a 20.6 magnitude (remember, 6 is the limit for the human eye) and 300 meters diameter asteroid for a "second sun" its the time to ask them to see a psychiatrist

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