Earth's "Other Moon"

Sky & Telescope ^ | April 17, 2007 | Roger W. Sinnott

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

For those in need of a distraction.

[kinoxi]

Who decides whether it’s a moon (natural satellite) or not?

[Dumpster Baby]

[Man50D]

6R10DB9, the source of global warming? ;o)

[Windcatcher]

"The meter-size object, designated 6R10DB9,"

I've got the whole moon, in my hands,
I've got the whole wide moon, in...

Couldn't resist :^)

[operation clinton cleanup]

That flight path is interesting... even more interesting that we can detect and calculate that for a 1 meter object!

[Havok]

Remember the end of “Maximum Overdrive”?

[kinoxi]

Ralph Kramden immediately issued a statement, “Say what?”.

[Squeako]

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Global warming caused it...

[panzer_grey]

Maybe it originated from Pluto. Better watch it close.

[dangerdoc]

I do.

It’s not a paying gig, but satisfying none-the-less.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Technically, the electronic satellites orbiting Earth are also moons (or at least satellites). Some of them (such as the ISS), probably mass more than this object.

[GoLightly]

They must mean Earth’s *other* other moon. I knew there was a second one with a name (Cruithne) instead of a letter number deal...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2251386.stm

[12th_Monkey]

So, they finally discovered the lost brain of Rosie O’donald.

[Kevmo]

bump for later reading

[rockinqsranch]

Reading the headline I thought this would be about Jerry Brown.

[abishai]

Thats close to what I was going to say:

Its not orbiting the Earth, its orbiting her.

[Bean Counter]

"That’s typical of the paths followed by spent rocket boosters left over from space missions of the 1960s and 70s." Could it be??....


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[Bean Counter]