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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurprise: Earth Has Two Moons
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/surprise-earth-has-two-moons/vi-AAhd882Atman
(31,464 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)PJMcK
(22,037 posts)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
(4,323 posts)........
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)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
(30,151 posts)But the headline guarantees clicks!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)But not for a while.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12311119
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)a major satellite that's been in orbit for 4.5 billion years. Yeah, lots of similarity there.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)It's been moving away from the earth for 4.5 billion years.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)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