The motion of J002E3, showing how the object was captured into its chaotic orbit around the Earth by passing near the L1 point, looping around the Earth for 6 orbits, and then leaving Earth's orbit. The Sun is to the left in these animations.
NASA/Paul Chodas &amp; Ron Baalke
2002-09-23 08:51:22
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