3753 Cruithne is a Q-type, Aten asteroid in orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth, making it a co-orbital object. It is an asteroid...

Cruithne may refer to: Cruthin, also known as Cruithne, a people of early Ireland 3753 Cruithne, near-Earth asteroid This disambiguation page lists articles...

characterized. Examples of Q-type asteroids are: 1862 Apollo, 2102 Tantalus, 3753 Cruithne, 6489 Golevka, and 9969 Braille. Asteroid spectral types "JPL Small-Body...

orbiting a planet but is actually in co-orbit with it. See asteroids 3753 (Cruithne) and 2002 AA29. Sub-orbital flight A launch where a spacecraft approaches...

other than Earth itself, such as the orbital path of the NEO asteroid 3753 Cruithne. Earth trojans, such as 2010 TK7, are NEOs that orbit the Sun (not Earth)...

SO16, 2015 SO2 and possibly 2001 GO2. A broader definition includes 3753 Cruithne, which can be said to be in a compound and/or transition orbit, or (85770)...

near-Earth object that is also horseshoe companion to the Earth like 3753 Cruithne. 2006 JY26 was discovered by E. J. Christensen on 6 May 2006, observing...

point, neither L4 nor L5. Earth has another noted companion, asteroid 3753 Cruithne. About 5 km across, it has a peculiar type of orbital resonance called...

Observatory in Edinburgh. On 10 October 1986 Waldron discovered the asteroid, 3753 Cruithne, while serving at the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory...

are known, locked into a 1:1 resonance with the Earth. The first was 3753 Cruithne, discovered in 1986. Asteroids that have a 1:1 orbital resonance with...

Irish: [ˈkruθʲinʲ]; Middle Irish: Cruithnig or Cruithni; Modern Irish: Cruithne [ˈkɾˠɪ(h)nʲə]) were a people of early medieval Ireland. Their heartland...

Earth's geostationary satellites. Of the Earth-crossing asteroids, 3753 Cruithne is notable for having an orbit that has the same period as Earth's....

quasi-satellites repeatedly transfer between horseshoe and quasi-satellite orbits. 3753 Cruithne, 2002 AA29, 2003 YN107 and 2015 SO2 are minor planets in horseshoe orbits...

written 2013 BS45) is a horseshoe companion to the Earth like 3753 Cruithne. Like Cruithne, it does not orbit the Earth in the normal sense and at times...

certain planet but is actually in co-orbit with the planet. See asteroids 3753 Cruithne and 2002 AA29. Libration point orbits such as halo orbits and Lissajous...

composition to Pluto, later captured by Neptune. 2006 definition of planet 3753 Cruithne Co-orbital configuration Definition of a planet Ecliptic Hill sphere...

an asteroid designation mistakenly given to the Rosetta spacecraft 3753 Cruithne 2020 SO Space debris Also orbiting the Earth are the Kordylewski clouds:...

A. Barucci 3554 Amun 1986 Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene M. Shoemaker 3753 Cruithne 1986 J. Duncan Waldron 5381 Sekhmet 1991 Carolyn S. Shoemaker 136818...

orbit from 1900-2100 Arjuna asteroid Natural satellite Quasi-satellite 3753 Cruithne 6Q0B44E 2001 GO2 2002 AA29 2006 JY26 2006 RH120 2009 SH2 2010 SO16 2012...

Mikkola was a member of the team that determined the unusual orbit of 3753 Cruithne. He was also the a member of the team that identified 524522 Zoozve...

due to orbital resonance, such as Jupiter and its trojans, Earth and 3753 Cruithne, or Neptune and the plutinos. As to the extent of orbit clearing required...

Patroclus with its satellite Menoetius in 2033. Spaceflight portal 3753 Cruithne, an asteroid which periodically has gravitational slingshot encounters...

Hephaistos ‡ 2340 Hathor ‡ 3200 Phaethon ‡ 3360 Syrinx 3362 Khufu 3554 Amun 3753 Cruithne 3838 Epona ‡ 4034 Vishnu 4197 Morpheus 4341 Poseidon 4450 Pan 4581 Asclepius...

5° per year. 1685 Toro, an asteroid in 5:8 resonance with the Earth 3753 Cruithne, an asteroid in 1:1 resonance with the Earth Arnold tongue Commensurability...

Earth composed of ejecta of a lunar volcano. The near-Earth asteroid 3753 Cruithne is a co-orbital object in a Horseshoe orbit, as are a number of other...

Earth's equator There are a number of near-Earth asteroids, including 3753 Cruithne, that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth...

co-orbital with Earth. The first of these to be discovered, asteroid 3753 Cruithne, orbits the Sun with a period slightly less than one Earth year, resulting...

known asteroids with an Earth-following orbit, a group that includes 3753 Cruithne, and the only known asteroid in an horseshoe orbit with Earth. It is...

studying its UV hydrogen corona and solar wind. October 10 – Aten asteroid 3753 Cruithne, in co-orbital configuration with Earth, is identified by Duncan Waldron...

1620 Geographos 1865 Cerberus 2063 Bacchus 3361 Orpheus 3362 Khufu 3753 Cruithne 4034 Vishnu 4581 Asclepius 4769 Castalia 6239 Minos (10115) 1992 SK...