Astronomy / Space Earth's Second 'Moon' Will Take a Final Lap Before Waving Bye-Bye to Us For Good

[Manticore]

Earth's second moon will make a close approach to the planet next week before drifting off into space, never to be seen again.

"What second moon," you ask? Astronomers call it 2020 SO – a small object that dropped into Earth's orbit about halfway between our planet and the moon in September 2020.

Earth's Second 'Moon' Will Take a Final Lap Before Waving Bye-Bye to Us For Good

Earth's second moon will make a close approach to the planet next week before drifting off into space, never to be seen again.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[Para Handy]

"... in December 2020, NASA researchers learned that the object isn't a space rock at all, but rather the remains of a 1960s rocket booster involved in the American Surveyor moon missions. "

So not even a mini-moon - just NASA litter.

 

[Manticore]

 

[insanephoton]

I've watched Q.I. , the question of how many 'Moons' does the Earth have has come up several times. The answers have been 2, 5, around 18000 or 0.

 

[Patrick_68000]

An artificial Moon.

One more.

 

[Darkman Returns]