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PJMcK

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

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 04:50 PM

Jun 2016

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."

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Surprise: Earth Has Two Moons [View all] NCTraveler Jun 2016 OP

One is Donald Trump's head. Atman Jun 2016 #1

I'm not sure the gravitational pull would hold it in orbit. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #3

No, it has two satellites. News headlines these days. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #2

I thought the same thing when I saw this the other day PJMcK Jun 2016 #4

That's no moon .... Bok_Tukalo Jun 2016 #5

... Scootaloo Jun 2016 #6

That's funny. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #9

lol uponit7771 Jun 2016 #15

'two moons' is far more accurate than 'two satellites' muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #11

not really, just kind of stuck in a half ass orbit around the Earth and will drift away sometime snooper2 Jun 2016 #7

Yup. Nt NCTraveler Jun 2016 #8

The moon that we call "moon" will also drift away JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #10

A rock that's been in a loose orbit for 100 years vs. Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #18

In geologic time, identical. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2016 #19

Well, it's a lot more like a moon than Cruithne muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #13

... Major Nikon Jun 2016 #12

Now that is funny. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #17

Needs a name sarisataka Jun 2016 #14

Our moon is actually a second planet, and we are in a dual planetary system. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #16