The OFFICIAL Unofficial Achewood Message Board

Trivial Pursuits => Science & Nature => Topic started by: Victoria Waterfield on July 29, 2011, 06:56:11 pm

Title: Earth's packing a Trojan
Post by: Victoria Waterfield on July 29, 2011, 06:56:11 pm

http://www.universetoday.com/87790/earths-first-trojan-asteroid-discovered/

Neat orbital animation included.

Title: Re: Earth's packing a Trojan
Post by: pmcd9 on July 29, 2011, 09:34:47 pm

That's pretty fantastic.  I never knew such a thing was possible.

Title: Re: Earth's packing a Trojan
Post by: AugustWest on July 30, 2011, 04:39:01 am

It's kind of a Science Fiction meme that you put Space Colonies at Lagrange points.  The animation helped me visualize 'em.