Tweedledee Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Discovered just a couple of months ago... http://inhabitat.com/nasa-confirms-a-second-mini-moon-is-circling-earth/ Smithysteve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Well what a surprise! It's hard to believe, but it's an amazing find! ? I just hope it is a rock and not a close encounter of some sort ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Hey QI were right after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 2 hours ago, philjay said: Hey QI were right after all I saw a QI a while back that talked about Cruithne being a second moon. That one is about 3 miles in diameter. Earth has several known quasi-satellites according to Wikipedia, but they are all in weird orbits that resonate and interact with the earths orbit, but they are not proper "natural" satellites with near circular orbits like the moon. I find them all very interesting... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-satellite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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