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Are there Trojan family or Hilda family satellites locked in Earth's orbit?
Jupiter has many Trojan asteroids located at Lagrangian points L4 and L5 and Hilda asteroids dispersed between points L3, L4, and L5.
Does the Earth have similar satellites? If so, how many?
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What conditions should an asteroid or comet impact need to meet in order to start an impact winter?
Is there a way to calculate if an impact from a given asteroid (say 5 miles in diameter, solid rock to which we know the mass) would start an impact winter? If yes, I would like to see a real example ...
