Can several cosmic bodies be in one orbit?
September 21, 2020 | Education
| Can. Usually such bodies are found at special points in a system consisting of two massive bodies revolving around a common center of mass – Lagrange points.
Saturn has three satellites in one orbit: Tefia, Telesto and Calypso; orbiting the satellite of Dion – another satellite: 1980 S6. Two groups of minor planets are orbiting Jupiter: a group of asteroids (“Greeks”) moves ahead of Jupiter and several asteroids (“Trojans”) – behind it.
