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28 Feb 20 - 11:36 AM (#4036589) Subject: BS: New moon? From: Mrrzy Apparently we have captured what had been an asteroid but is now orbiting our planet? Anybody else read anything about this? It may be temporary... I am purposely not posting where I read it, as I am interested in what y'all have found. |
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28 Feb 20 - 11:54 AM (#4036595) Subject: RE: BS: New moon? From: Donuel Yes there is a new tiny one. Its stay is tenuous. There has been another one trailing us for decades in a cork screw orbit. Then there is a half million bits of man made space junk. |
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28 Feb 20 - 12:11 PM (#4036600) Subject: RE: BS: New moon? From: Iains https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K20/K20DA4.html |
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28 Feb 20 - 12:17 PM (#4036602) Subject: RE: BS: New moon? From: Donuel For the moon to pick up a mini moon moon would be really unlikly. |
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29 Feb 20 - 03:29 PM (#4036775) Subject: RE: BS: New moon? From: Mrrzy Well, *I* think it's cool. |
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01 Mar 20 - 04:36 AM (#4036835) Subject: RE: BS: New moon? From: Mr Red Asteroid hunters project you could join the hunt for asteroids, the pay-off is: you might find one that endangers earth! And we would all thank you. Well, *I* think it's cool. - captivating, you could say. Or near miss! |