• SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I think that technically we have two ‘moons’ already. Just that the other one is super small and doesn’t really have much effect on the planet.

    Sorry that this didn’t answer your question, and feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

    • octoperson@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I’ve heard people describe the asteroid Cruithne as earth’s second moon (the chat show QI did a bit on it, and it’s in a Steven Baxter novel). But I think that’s kind of a misleading description - it orbits the sun not the earth, just in a way that regularly syncs up with the earth’s orbit.