BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Cruithne

CO-ORBITAL ASTEROID · the bean dancer
Cruithne
AI illustration of the real object
SIZE about 5 kmPATH a giant bean, seen from Earth

Sometimes called Earth's second moon, which is wrong in a charming way: Cruithne orbits the Sun, but in a rhythm so entangled with ours that from Earth's viewpoint it traces a huge bean shaped loop over 770 years. It never comes dangerously close. The solar system is full of such hidden choreography.

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