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    1 month ago

    The kind that takes more than 2 months to ‘complete’. From the perspective of the earth it makes a horseshoe shape. From the ‘temporary moon’ perspective it gets a trajectory adjustment on its solar orbit.

    It’s more like a gravity assist that takes 2 months to complete than an orbit.