The Earth has just one natural satellite, the Moon: or does it? Astronomers think that our planet could be accompanied by a retinue of asteroids travelling in strange, looping orbits.
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Namouni,F., Christou, A. A., & Murray, C. D. Coorbital Dynamics at Large Eccentricity and Inclination. Physical Review Letters 83, 2506 1999.
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Ball, P. Many moons. Nature (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/news991007-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news991007-2