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#80383 - 09/12/02 12:56 AM Fly me to the moon
sjm old hand Registered: 07/19/02 Posts: 742 Loc: Akina	Ah, but which one? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2251386.stm
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#80384 - 09/12/02 03:17 AM Re: Fly me to the moon
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	Call me behind the times, but I didn't know we already had "Cruithne"--and now this "J002E2" seems gyped in comparison with such a hard name to learn. If it stays, do we mebbe call it "Jo" for short?
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#80385 - 09/12/02 03:21 AM Re: Fly me to the moon
sjm old hand Registered: 07/19/02 Posts: 742 Loc: Akina	>but I didn't know we already had "Cruithne" Nor did I. I don't even know how to say it.
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#80386 - 09/12/02 05:44 AM strange orbit
wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/06/01 Posts: 3789 Loc: Worcester, MA	find out more at http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~wiegert/3753/3753.html
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#80387 - 09/12/02 07:11 AM Re: strange orbit
Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U...	Wonderful site, Wolf! Thanks for the link--I printed it out...and the pronunciation is there, too.
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#80388 - 09/12/02 09:39 AM Re: Cruithne
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657	Gaelic words of note: cruitheachd nf.ind. form, conformation; the creation, universe cruithear nm. g.v. -eir; pl.+an, creator The -ne suffix seems to be an intensifier. FWIW
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#80389 - 09/12/02 03:14 PM Re: Cruithne
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657	D'oh! Finally read wofa's site. Here's another interesting one, with orbital simulations. http://burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/cruithne.html
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#80390 - 09/12/02 03:56 PM Re: Fly me to the moon
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	I never cease to be amazed at all of the fascinating information we get here on AWAD. And it made me wonder -- what the heck are we missing. There's only a double score or so of us who post regularly. Can you imagine what kind of stuff we'd see if there were a hundred or so regulars posting this fascinating stuff. Truly the web is a vast and wonderful place. _________________________ TEd
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#80391 - 09/13/02 02:57 AM Re: Fly me to the moon
dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK	Absolutely right TEd. I hear that NASA has said that J002E2 has turned out to be a piece of space shuttle detritus. Shame really, especially for the guy who "found" it. Still, it was interesting to learn about horseshoe orbits, LaGrange points and so on. Like revisiting old physics lectures. The universe too is vast and wonderful - and pretty weird come to that! dxb.
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