Subject: Klemperer rosettes

A science fiction novel I recently read referred to something called a "Klemperer rosette".
It was defined as three or more bodies in space, positioned in the same plane, and forming
a triangle, pentagon, etc (depending on how many bodies there are); which, given the 
appropriate angular momentum, would "revolve" around a central point in a stable configuration.

(Picture five objects forming the five points of a pentagon, revolving around a 
nonexistent primary.)

My question is: Could such objects actually be positioned and set in motion so as to remain
in a stable configuration as described above?  Is such an assemblage actually called a
"Klemperer rosette"?

Thanks you.

Re: Klemperer rosettes