Quote:
|
Originally Posted by handyman
The earth has 2 moons...
I has 'The moon' and 'Cruithne'
It did have J002E3 for a bit but it has buggered off now. ( animation of J002E3) |
Not strictly an earth moon, more a large asteroid that has temporarily been 'captured' by earths gravity. It actually divides its time between orbiting the sun and earth in a horseshoe orbit. See
space.com.
There could at any time be many 'moons' orbiting earth temporaraily, but a lot depends on whether you call them moons or asteroids or dust particles.
