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Reckless orbiting in the Solar System

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Planets and most asteroids revolve around the Sun in the same direction. But an asteroid that shares Jupiter's orbit has been revolving in the opposite direction for about a million years. See Letter p.687

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Figure 1: Co-orbital states.

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  1. Helena Morais is in the Department of Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brazil.,

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  2. Fathi Namouni is at the Laboratoire Lagrange, Côte d'Azur Observatory, 06300 Nice, France.,

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