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The OP wasn't asking about a fragment with a similar/identical orbit,
but about a satellite which might have been in orbit around the
asteroid.

palsing:
Same answer, whether is was a fragment or a satellite. It would still be in a
similar orbit wrt the Sun & Earth, much as the moon has an orbit around the Sun that is similar to Earth's.

Do you seriously expect the Snells and the Oriels and other
intellectual midgets to grasp the concept that such a satellite would
have an "orbit within and orbit" and that it would be unable to make a
u-turn in space if it escaped its parent body?

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