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An Earth Orbiting Asteroid - Cruithne 3753

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1.		Near-Earth Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth asteroid 3753 Cruithne --Earth's curious companion-- Paul Wiegert Previously of the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 CANADA Now at the Queen's University Astronomy Research Group at the Dept of www.astro.queensu.ca/~wiegert/3753/3753.html
2.		Cruithne, Earths "second moon" Click on the images to start them moving. Stop them again before moving on to the next image. Drag on the images to change the viewpoint. Here are some simulations of Cruithne, also known as asteroid 3753, or 1986 TO, or "Earth's second moon". www.burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/cruithne.html
3.		More Moons Around Earth? It’s Not So Loony Earth has a second moon, of sorts, and could have many others, according to three astronomers who did calculations to describe orbital motions at gravitational balance points in space that temporarily pull asteroids into bizarre orbits near our plan www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html
4.		Cruithne CRUITHNE La Lune n'est pas le seul compagnon de la Terre car Cruithne, un astéroïde de 5 kilomètres, tourne aussi autour de notre planète. Selon la revue Physical Review Letters, l'astéroïde 3753 Cruithne peut être considéré comme un perso.club-internet.fr/gibouin/systsol/cruithne.htm
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