Sayonara Posted September 12, 2002 Posted September 12, 2002 A new object has been located in near-Earth orbit, and it's possibly Earth's 3rd known natural satellite (yes we have two - Luna and Cruithne). More info here. (ta faf)
fafalone Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 How large does an object have to be to qualify as a moon?
blike Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 moon 1 n. the only natural satellite of the earth || any planetary satellite
Radical Edward Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 turns out that it is a lump of Saturn V, that could run into the moon in 2003. I hope it does, it would be interesting to watch. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2253385.stm
Sayonara Posted September 14, 2002 Author Posted September 14, 2002 Another lonely Christmas for Cruithne then
Radical Edward Posted September 15, 2002 Posted September 15, 2002 Originally posted by Sayonara³ Another lonely Christmas for Cruithne then well after 2003, maybe . to me though, it looks more like Cruithne is a near earth asteroid locked into a 1:1 resonance with the earth.
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