Surprise: Earth Has Two Moons

[NCTraveler]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/surprise-earth-has-two-moons/vi-AAhd882

[Atman]

1. One is Donald Trump's head.

[NCTraveler]

3. I'm not sure the gravitational pull would hold it in orbit.

[Scootaloo]

2. No, it has two satellites. News headlines these days.

[PJMcK]

4. I thought the same thing when I saw this the other day

The ignorance of science in our world is disturbing. Everything in our lives has science and its nomenclature is how we define the universe. It's weird, to me, that people don't want to learn more about it because "it's hard."

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. That's no moon ....

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[Scootaloo]

6. ...

[NCTraveler]

9. That's funny.

[uponit7771]

15. lol

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. 'two moons' is far more accurate than 'two satellites'

It has hundreds (thousands?) of satellites. It may have 2 natural satellites.

Why do you think 'moon' is unsuitable, but 'satellite' OK? We talk about the moons of Mars and so on.

[snooper2]

7. not really, just kind of stuck in a half ass orbit around the Earth and will drift away sometime

But the headline guarantees clicks!

[NCTraveler]

8. Yup. Nt

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. The moon that we call "moon" will also drift away

But not for a while.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12311119

[Crunchy Frog]

18. A rock that's been in a loose orbit for 100 years vs.

a major satellite that's been in orbit for 4.5 billion years. Yeah, lots of similarity there.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. In geologic time, identical.

It's been moving away from the earth for 4.5 billion years.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Well, it's a lot more like a moon than Cruithne

which the BBC panel show 'QI' was trying to push as a 'moon', though it usually has, relative to Earth, a kidney-shaped 'orbit' around a Lagrange point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

[Major Nikon]

12. ...

[tblue37]

17. Now that is funny. nt

[sarisataka]

14. Needs a name

[tblue37]

16. Our moon is actually a second planet, and we are in a dual planetary system. nt