08-05-2015, 11:57 AM
The Earth has Mini Moons!
Perhaps Dozens.
Robert Jedicke will search for them from the Subaru Observatory on Mauna Kea over the next year:
Typically no larger than a washing machine, mini moons are temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity. Beach ball-sized mini moons buzz around Earth by the dozen, like a swarm of interplanetary gnats, while dump truck-sized asteroids swing by once every 50 years or so.
http://gizmodo.com/there-may-be-dozens-o...1722363225
Perhaps Dozens.
Robert Jedicke will search for them from the Subaru Observatory on Mauna Kea over the next year:
Typically no larger than a washing machine, mini moons are temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity. Beach ball-sized mini moons buzz around Earth by the dozen, like a swarm of interplanetary gnats, while dump truck-sized asteroids swing by once every 50 years or so.
http://gizmodo.com/there-may-be-dozens-o...1722363225
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