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 that, relative to Earth, orbits the Sun in a bean-shaped …

Cruithne is about three miles in diameter (5 km) and was discovered by D. Waldron in 1986. It cannot be seen by the naked eye. The odd orbit was discovered in 1997. Astronomers working at Queen Mary …

NASA JPL has classified Cruithne as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent …

What does 3753 Cruithne stand for? The number 3753 is just its official number in the catalogue of known asteroids. The name "Cruithne" was given to it by its discoverers (see below), and refers the …

Cruithne is about 5 kilometers, or 3.1 miles, in diameter. That's a lot smaller than our Earth, which is about 7,917.5 miles in diameter. To help you imagine this, think about a basketball and a tiny pebble. …

Asteroid 3753 Cruithne, an asteroid closely associated with Earth which orbits in its orbit almost like a second Moon, was discovered on October 10, 1986, at Siding Spring Observatory at …

At its closest approach, which happens every 100,000 years, Cruithne comes within about 15 million km of Earth. It was discovered in 1986, by D. Waldron at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, …

Sep 12, 2022 · Cruithne is an Aten that orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt that surrounds our star.

Jul 12, 2024 · Asteroid 3753 Cruithne is a near-Earth object with a diameter of 2.07 km (not potentially hazardous, just in case you were worried). It was discovered in 1984, and in 1997, scientists …

Dec 1, 2022 · As recently as 1997, we discovered that another body, 3753 Cruithne, is what’s called a quasi-orbital satellite of Earth. This simply means that Cruithne doesn’t loop around the Earth in a …