Posted on Sep 16, 2024

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system.

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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CPT Jack Durish

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If there are any aliens on that mini moon, i'm sure joe will invite them to come down and vote

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Sgt (Join to see)

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CPT Jack Durish aliens… ha, good one.
And set up drop boxes up there too.

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LTC Trent Klug

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Very cool. Unfortunately, we don't know about these things flying near us until they fly near enough to be seen. Someday, that will cause us big problems.

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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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