vegeta@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoEarth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this yearwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square25linkfedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-squareskuzzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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