Earth Technically has a second moon

[soccerPMN]

A small asteroid that goes around earth very slowly is technically a moon:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...n_moonlets.htm

[The PANIC.]

kool kool. we should visit it ;)

[Hardrive]

LOL, that's a cheesy moon...

[idk2]

LOL
Next time anyone says the moon, ill be like "which one?"
but not really...

[Chrono6456]

Thats not a moon, its just a big rock.... This means that we have millions of moons, as all the microscopic particles are orbiting around earth

[mannymix03]

its a satellite...

[spudweb521]

Thats not a moon, its just a big rock.... This means that we have millions of moons, as all the microscopic particles are orbiting around earth

Thats wat i'm thinking

[dracule]

yeah it is just a satellite

here is the defininition of a moon according to wikitionary

# (often capitalized) The sole natural satellite of the Earth.
# Any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet.
# (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.

[TPTaylor]

I have known about this moon for a while.

# (often capitalized) The sole natural satellite of the Earth.
# Any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet.
# (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.

I find that incorrect, because what is a substantially sized natural satallite? 500 miles across? 3 billion miles across?
It could mean that our moon isn't a moon, as it's not substancial.
You have to remember that the bits of rock around the planet usually fall to the earth, or go to the gravity of the sun, so a moon really has to orbit.
Then again, a moon could be anything you want it to be.

[iball®]

"That's no moon..."

[mnky]

This has been known for several years, in fact two more moons have been discovered.
So we have four moons.

[Tito0096]

where i dont see them

[FullMetalCat]

Damn, dead link.

[Hemperor]

So we have 3 moons, or 1 moon and 2 satalights?

[mnky]

So we have 3 moons, or 1 moon and 2 satalights?

We have unnumerable satalites, and four reasonably sized moons.

[FullMetalCat]

Link works again.

[dracule]

substantially sized means you can see it with your bare eye and can cause some gravitional effects on the earth (the Moon causes tides).

[mnky]

substantially sized means you can see it with your bare eye and can cause some gravitional effects on the earth (the Moon causes tides).

you think reasonably sized means you can see it from earth? lawl...

[Prodigy]

I have known about this moon for a while.


I find that incorrect, because what is a substantially sized natural satallite? 500 miles across? 3 billion miles across?
It could mean that our moon isn't a moon, as it's not substancial.
You have to remember that the bits of rock around the planet usually fall to the earth, or go to the gravity of the sun, so a moon really has to orbit.
Then again, a moon could be anything you want it to be.

Uh.. the sun is only 1,000,000 kilometers, and earth around 9,000... Anyways, yes, there is a second moon. It's quite small but NASA ruled it is large enough to be a second moon by definition.