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>The orbits of the bodies are unexpectedly similar to Earth's.
>Two have orbits more like earth's than any known body; one was that
>asteroid that was mistaken for a spent rocket body.

>These couldn't be Frank's minicomets, could they?  His putative
>objects are supposedly in prograde, earth-like orbits, to reduce the
>impact velocity enough to avoid observational constraints.

I think Frank's minicomets, although I don't have the ref.
with me, were supposed to be a little faster than this, but
still prograde.

And a lot dimmer.

I'd bet Frank will claim that these bodies represent the "larger"
members of his mini-comet population, but I don't know.

I do know that Dr. Louis Frank has an e-mail address. Proof is
left as an exercise for your local Gopher server. And I'm sure
he's better qualified to tell you his opinions than I am.

I'm not sure I agree with him, but his book was pretty good...

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