[meteorite-list] Related Meteorite Falls 11 years apart? Both Hammers! Both L6 Olivine-hypersthene

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 19:11:17 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <567235.76691.qm_at_web113608.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

--- On Sun, 3/7/10, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:


> What are the longest period for orbits of known asteroids?
>
> Regards,
> Eric



(65489) Ceto has a period of 998 years, as an example. I'm sure there are other known Scattered Disc Objects (Asteroids well beyond Neptune) which have longer periods.

Near Earth Objects often have periods around 6 years or less.

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Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
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Received on Sun 07 Mar 2010 10:11:17 PM PST