vegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 days agoEarth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this yearwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down14cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkEarth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this yearwww.cbsnews.comvegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 days agoGravitational interactions between Earth, Moon, Sun leading to the orbit never really being stable, probably. The asteroid decided Earth orbit wasn’t its’ forever home.
minus-squarebbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoIts also very hard to get an object into the perfect orbit that it wont float away. Our moon is slowly drifting farther and farther from us
Gravitational interactions between Earth, Moon, Sun leading to the orbit never really being stable, probably. The asteroid decided Earth orbit wasn’t its’ forever home.
Its also very hard to get an object into the perfect orbit that it wont float away. Our moon is slowly drifting farther and farther from us