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Old 13-May-2008, 08:30 PM
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If you click through the links and get to the Icarus Abstract:
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Using numerical integrations, we show that orbits near the Earth–Moon L4 and L5 points can survive for over a billion years even when solar perturbations are included
Which is exactly the opposite of what I'm saying, unless by Earth-Moon L4 and L5 points they mean (Earth-Moon) - Sun system, where these L points are 1 AU from Earth, rather than 1 Lunar distance. Now I need to run down to the library and read the whole article
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