'The second moon associated with the earth'.it's sound like crazy ! right? It was surprising to hear that, but a NASA project confirmed the matter. It is said that there is a new asteroid or 'small moon' orbiting the earth alongside the moon.
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Second moon is actually asteroid |
The Minor Planet Center, located at the Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory of the International Space Aviation Union, reported Tuesday the discovery of the 'small moon'.
This new 's This new 'small moon' is actually an asteroid named '2020 CD-3'. mall moon' is actually an asteroid named '2020 CD-3'. It is 1.5 meters wide and 5.7 meters long. That is, the asteroid will be the size of a bull. And for that reason it's cannot be seen as empty eyes like the moon.
BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images.
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The Catalina Sky Survey, a NASA research firm under the aegis of the University of Arizona, tracks the asteroid's that's are at risk for the Earth. "This is an undeniably great event," said Warzcourse, an official of the organization. Because only one of the billions of asteroids are currently orbiting the Earth.
Of course, the first asteroid to orbit the Earth is not "2020 CD-3". Earlier, from 2006 September to2007 June , another asteroid named 'RH120' orbited the Earth. Then it revolves around the sun. The asteroid is trying to figure out whether the asteroid will return to its previous orbit at the end of the orbit or will it fall into the earth.