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Earth has temporarily gained another moon
- salawat 7y agoSo... What they are saying is, we currently have a unique opportunity for some enterprising individual to steal a moon or spark an IAU brand debate on the meaning of the word "moon"? 6x11 ft isn't unmanageable bulk-wise, and we obviously have the mass figured out already.
- pattisapu 7y agoKacper Wierzchos: “It’s a big deal as out of ~ 1 million known asteroids, this is just the second asteroid known to orbit Earth (after 2006 RH120, which was also discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey).” Amazing. I am surprised that this kind of thing doesn't happen all the time.
- mdonahoe 7y ago“ If you look at the night sky and see a bright object near the (original) moon, that’s not the mini moon. It’s Venus — the third-brightest celestial object to light the sky, after the sun and moon — which is visible this week in the west after sunset.” I’ve been wondering what that is. I assumed a planet, though I wasn’t sure which.