This one was made with 10 objects and processed completely by exporting all images, meaning there was no frame by frame adjustments. I used varying rotational speeds and curved paths.
Gif was 2.57 meg in Flash 671K ! 40 Frames
Wanna see something cool? Right-Click on the Image and select "Zoom In" then you the mouse to grab inside the image to move your magnifying glass around! Heh, I am easily amused :)