vegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoEarth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this yearwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down14
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkEarth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this yearwww.cbsnews.comvegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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