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Another Moon Discovered By Nasa Which Means Earth Now As Two Moons by Jazwill: 2:14pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
Earth Has A Second Moon10 NASA scientists discovered an asteroid that has been captured and is in stable Earth orbit, making it a constant near-Earth companion, or a second satellite. There are a lot of objects orbiting this planet—space stations, man-made satellites, and lots and lots of junk—but only one moon that we can see. Now, NASA has confirmed the existence of 2016 HO3. The asteroid orbits very far from Earth and is more gravitationally affected by the Sun than Earth, but it does orbit Earth as well along its orbital path of the Sun. Don’t get too excited about walking on it one day, as it is considerably smaller than our natural satellite with dimensions of 40–100 meters (130–350 ft) across. 2016 HO3 is in a fairly stable orbit around the Earth and Sun but will depart in a few centuries according to Paul Chodas, manager for NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Objects (NEO). Chodas also revealed that 2016 HO3 has been a stable quasi-satellite of Earth for more than a century. Read more at http://xpressgistafrica..com.ng/2017/10/shocking-we-now-have-two-moons-second.html 1 Like |
Re: Another Moon Discovered By Nasa Which Means Earth Now As Two Moons by fulaniHERDSman(m): 2:15pm On Oct 09, 2017 |
cool ... no be only jubrin sabi get double ... sai jubrin ![]() |
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