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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
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https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomer...new-mini-moon/ (So, is this reporter, just doing like, a Junior High journalism project, or has he found something past what wikipedia knows about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claimed_moons_of_Earth Astronomers say Earth might have a new mini-moon An asteroid has apparently been caught in our planet's gravity. Sean Keane February 26, 2020 7:08 AM PST 0 LISTEN - 01:12 gettyimages-615291986 Earth, as seen from the Moon in 1968, could have pulled a new mini-moon into its gravity. We could have a new space neighbor, at least for a while. Astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey reckon they've spotted an asteroid that's caught in Earth's gravity. "Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object," Kacper Wierzchos tweeted Tuesday. Kacper Wierzchos @WierzchosKacper BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images. Embedded video 891 4:20 PM - Feb 25, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 469 people are talking about this Wierzchos calculated that the asteroid is between 1.9 and 3.5 meters in diameter. The Minor Planet Center acknowledged the near-Earth object, and it apparently entered Earth's orbit around three years ago. The Catalina Sky Survey is based at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab in Tucson. It's the second asteroid that's known to have entered Earth's orbit. The previous one, 2006 RH120, was also discovered by the CSS and orbited Earth for 18 months over 2006 and 2007, as noted by science writer Corey S. Powell. The CSS didn't respond to a request for comment. First published Feb. 26, 4:35 a.m. PT. Updates 5:14 a.m. PT: Adds more detail, 7:08 a.m. PT: Corrects diameter from miles to meters. |
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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
On Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 2:23:54 PM UTC-8, a425couple wrote:
from https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomer...new-mini-moon/ (So, is this reporter, just doing like, a Junior High journalism project, or has he found something past what wikipedia knows about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claimed_moons_of_Earth Astronomers say Earth might have a new mini-moon An asteroid has apparently been caught in our planet's gravity. Sean Keane February 26, 2020 7:08 AM PST 0 LISTEN - 01:12 gettyimages-615291986 Earth, as seen from the Moon in 1968, could have pulled a new mini-moon into its gravity. We could have a new space neighbor, at least for a while. Astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey reckon they've spotted an asteroid that's caught in Earth's gravity. "Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object," Kacper Wierzchos tweeted Tuesday. Kacper Wierzchos @WierzchosKacper BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images. Embedded video 891 4:20 PM - Feb 25, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 469 people are talking about this Wierzchos calculated that the asteroid is between 1.9 and 3.5 meters in diameter. The Minor Planet Center acknowledged the near-Earth object, and it apparently entered Earth's orbit around three years ago. The Catalina Sky Survey is based at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab in Tucson. It's the second asteroid that's known to have entered Earth's orbit. The previous one, 2006 RH120, was also discovered by the CSS and orbited Earth for 18 months over 2006 and 2007, as noted by science writer Corey S. Powell. The CSS didn't respond to a request for comment. First published Feb. 26, 4:35 a.m. PT. Updates 5:14 a.m. PT: Adds more detail, 7:08 a.m. PT: Corrects diameter from miles to meters. .... and then there is this odd fellow (from 2002)... https://www.newscientist.com/article...-around-orbit/ "The object, 2002 AA29, also becomes a temporary second moon to the Earth from time to time, with the next rendezvous expected in 2600..." |
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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
Can't read that site full of cookie terror and pop up screens.
I made a screenshot in case you interested ! Dont have upload program on this computer but could transfer it later. Cya. |
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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
Well you did post it's text I think. I already seen this story elsewhere, was more interested in pictures of this moon.
If you do get a picture, transcode it into text, maybe then it can be decode again =D Ohterwise usenet a bit limited |
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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
skybuck2000 wrote:
Well you did post it's text I think. I already seen this story elsewhere, was more interested in pictures of this moon. If you do get a picture, transcode it into text, maybe then it can be decode again =D Ohterwise usenet a bit limited You can transmit *any* data type in Usenet. Just use uucode, yycode or base64, |
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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
Le 26/02/2020 Ã* 23:23, a425couple a écritÂ*:
from https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomer...new-mini-moon/ (So, is this reporter, just doing like, a Junior High journalism project, or has he found something past what wikipedia knows about? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claimed_moons_of_Earth Astronomers say Earth might have a new mini-moon An asteroid has apparently been caught in our planet's gravity. Sean Keane February 26, 2020 7:08 AM PST 0 LISTEN - 01:12 gettyimages-615291986 Earth, as seen from the Moon in 1968, could have pulled a new mini-moon into its gravity. We could have a new space neighbor, at least for a while. Astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey reckon they've spotted an asteroid that's caught in Earth's gravity. "Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object," Kacper Wierzchos tweeted Tuesday. Kacper Wierzchos @WierzchosKacper BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images. Embedded video 891 4:20 PM - Feb 25, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 469 people are talking about this Wierzchos calculated that the asteroid is between 1.9 and 3.5 meters in diameter. The Minor Planet Center acknowledged the near-Earth object, and it apparently entered Earth's orbit around three years ago. The Catalina Sky Survey is based at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab in Tucson. It's the second asteroid that's known to have entered Earth's orbit. The previous one, 2006 RH120, was also discovered by the CSS and orbited Earth for 18 months over 2006 and 2007, as noted by science writer Corey S. Powell. The CSS didn't respond to a request for comment. First published Feb. 26, 4:35 a.m. PT. Updates 5:14 a.m. PT: Adds more detail, 7:08 a.m. PT: Corrects diameter from miles to meters. It has only been existing around for three years And it's strictly unstable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CD3 And it's not the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_VG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_RH120 |
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Interesting - Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3.
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