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To: Red Badger

What is it about these “mini-moons” that differentiates them from asteroids? They look like the same thing to me.


14 posted on 12/03/2019 1:12:43 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

A mini-moon is an asteroid that has been captured by Earth’s gravity and becomes a ‘moon’..................


15 posted on 12/03/2019 1:24:25 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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