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    01 Mar '15 13:38
    I didn't know this!

    http://phys.org/news/2015-02-earth-moon-crazy-orbit-reveal.html
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    01 Mar '15 15:20
    Yes, but since it is in orbit around the Sun rather than the Earth it is technically not a moon of Earth's. Another case of phys.org sacrificing precision for a nice headline I think.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne
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    01 Mar '15 16:08
    Originally posted by DeepThought
    Yes, but since it is in orbit around the Sun rather than the Earth it is technically not a moon of Earth's. Another case of phys.org sacrificing precision for a nice headline I think.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne
    Yeah, saw that. It orbits the sun just like Earth and is just in some kind of sync with Earth but I wouldn't call it a moon.
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    01 Mar '15 16:47
    Originally posted by DeepThought
    Yes, but since it is in orbit around the Sun rather than the Earth it is technically not a moon of Earth's. Another case of phys.org sacrificing precision for a nice headline I think.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne
    Not to mention that it's pretty old news. QI took gave someone (Alan, presumably) the claxon years and years ago for claiming that the Earth has only one moon, citing Qwuifny Reveal Hidden Content
    Who comes up with these newfangled names!? Give me proper, Old Greek ones any day.
    as number 2; and then, a couple of years ago, found themselves moved to give them back because it's not actually a moon.
    News flash, this just in: Earth has one, count'em, 1, moon - and a whole bargeload of random captured rocks and a few oscillating bodies. But one (one!) proper moon.
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    01 Mar '15 18:191 edit
    Originally posted by DeepThought
    . Another case of phys.org sacrificing precision for a nice headline I think.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne
    unfortunately, yes.
    Nice graphics though on those links.
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    01 Mar '15 18:57
    Originally posted by humy
    unfortunately, yes.
    Nice graphics though on those links.
    Hey, Pluto is a PLANET! sheesh
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    02 Mar '15 18:09
    Originally posted by coquette
    Hey, Pluto is a PLANET! sheesh
    We're working on it๐Ÿ™‚ Don't forget the other dwarf's are Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. That last one spins about every 4 hours and is about the size of Pluto and has two known moons but the planet is more peanut shaped because of the stretching caused by the rapid spin.
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    Originally posted by coquette
    Hey, Pluto is a PLANET! sheesh
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto says a lot about of Pluto.
    The understanding that Pluto is only one of several large icy bodies in the outer Solar System prompted the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to formally define "planet" in 2006. This definition excluded Pluto and reclassified it as a member of the new "dwarf planet" category (and specifically as a plutoid).
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    03 Mar '15 09:052 edits
    Please, remove this...
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    03 Mar '15 11:46
    Originally posted by FabianFnas
    Please, remove this...
    This what?
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    04 Mar '15 17:17
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    This what?
    It must have been removed.
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