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by nkozyra 4310 days ago
Missed opportunity at "pseudollite"
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emddudley 4310 days ago
Pseudolite is actually the standard term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolite

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TeMPOraL 4310 days ago
Maybe "quasi-satellite" or just "quasilite"? It's like "pseudolite" but without the negative connotations.
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T-hawk 4310 days ago
"Quasi-satellite" already has a different astromechanical meaning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-satellite
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TeMPOraL 4310 days ago
:(.
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