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cIclops

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Registered: 2005-06-16

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Re: Coorbitals

Earth's second moon is about to depart ... but only for 60 years..

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cIclops

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Registered: 2005-06-16

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Re: Coorbitals

Animation of coorbital 2003 YN107 (Java required)

Visiting such an asteroid should be a piece of cake,  easier than a Moon landing.

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publiusr

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Registered: 2005-02-24

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Re: Coorbitals

Good place for mining.

Terraformer

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Registered: 2007-08-27

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Re: Coorbitals

Any possiblity of making them orbit the Earth? Instead of just occasionally?

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cIclops

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Registered: 2005-06-16

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Re: Coorbitals

Coorbitals don't orbit Earth, they orbit the Sun in almost exactly the same orbit as Earth. That orbit sometimes gets wrapped around the Earth.

To capture 2003 YN107 into a high Earth orbit would mean changing its velocity from about 29.82 to 29.78 km/s or 0.04 km/s to match Earth's orbital solar velocity and do this within the Earth's sphere of influence, beyond lunar orbit.  Then give it a small vector to push it into a very slow, very high orbit.

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