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Re:Small Asteroid Is Earth's Constant Companion by beamatronic on Thursday June 16, 2016 @05:13PM (#11918902)
"In effect, this small asteroid is caught in a game of leap frog with Earth that will last for hundreds of years. "

...and then what? Would be interesting if they speculated on the end game. Or perhaps they already know.

Re:Small Asteroid Is Earth's Constant Companion by jobigoud on Thursday June 16, 2016 @06:29PM (#11919400)
From Wikipedia article on Quasi-satellites:

> Over time they tend to evolve to other types of resonant motion, where they no longer remain in the planet's neighbourhood, then possibly later move back to a quasi-satellite orbit, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-satellite