File:2001XH255AnimwithJup.gif

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Description The motion of 2001 XH255 in a rotating frame with a period equal to Neptune's orbital period. (Neptune is held stationary.) It shows 2001XH255 librating in a 4:5 resonance to Neptune. Neptune is the white (stationary) dot at 5 o'clock. Uranus is blue, Saturn yellow, and Jupiter red. The animated GIF consists of 24 frames, each having 5*164.8 years.
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Source Frames generated with Gravity Simulator written by Tony Dunn.
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Author frankuitaalst from the Gravity Simulator message board.
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current06:06, 1 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 06:06, 1 February 2009749 × 527 (177 KB)Kheider (talk | contribs){{Information |Description = The motion of 2001 XH<sub>255</sub> in a [http://www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/tutorials/rotatingframe.html rotating frame] with a period equal to Neptune's [[:en:orbital period|orb

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