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The Moon Is Not Earth’s Only Natural Satellite
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 16:42
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The Earth constantly captures small objects from (to) the NEO population and scientists construct a steady-state model of the Earth’s temporary satellites.
According to their studies, at any given time there is at least one one-meter-diameter object orbiting the Earth and the average satellite makes about 3 revolutions around the Earth in 9 months.
Their results agree with Earth’s single verified temporary satellite known to date. Earth usually has more than one moon, according to a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii at Ma-noa, the University of Helsinki, and the Paris Observatory…. Rest of article with all images here:
