Earth now has 2 moons (until 2083)

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Beany
10/22/2025
08:35 AM
#1
NASA confirms Earth now has two moons until 2083
Discovered this year but traveling with us since the 1960s, the small asteroid will drift away in 2083


Earth just got a new tag-along in space a little asteroid named 2025 PN7.

NASA confirmed this week that the rock, discovered by the University of Hawaii, is officially a quasi-moon a rare type of celestial companion that travels almost exactly in sync with Earth. So its not a true moon, but it keeps pace with us, looping around the Sun in a path so similar that it appears to shadow our planet as we orbit.

Scientists estimate its only 18 to 36 meters wide, about the height of a small building. Tiny by cosmic standards, but significant enough to earn its own place in Earths extended neighborhood.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nasa-confirms-earth-now-two-213956357.html
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HudGard
10/22/2025
08:42 AM
#2
Oh no

Escort mission
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DragulaRULEZ
10/22/2025
08:42 AM
#3
So that's definitely a space ship that's going to blow us up when we least expect it.
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Quorthon109
10/22/2025
08:43 AM
#4
That's no moon...
http://i.imgur.com/Kjo08.jpg
Southernfatman
10/22/2025
08:43 AM
#5
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UnholyMudcrab
10/22/2025
08:45 AM
#6
I hate media headlines about science
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Starks
10/22/2025
08:46 AM
#7
We already have multiple quasi satellites and trojan asteroids.
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AceMos
10/22/2025
08:46 AM
#8
i hate modern names for planetoids
3 things 1. i am female 2. i havea msucle probelm its hard for me to typ well 3.*does her janpuu dance*
XxKrazyChaosxX
10/22/2025
09:05 AM
#9
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/ddb32414.jpg
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Turbam
10/22/2025
09:07 AM
#10
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/21d04ec9.jpg
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MartavisBryant
10/22/2025
09:11 AM
#11
I'm imagining Earth as a rebellious teenager
"You're not my real moon!"
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Takuya_Lee
10/22/2025
09:13 AM
#12
Two moons.... Oh ****, the second one's a Planet Buster!
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boomgetchopped3
10/22/2025
09:15 AM
#13
Why do we exaggerate moons but downplay planets
If not for the glaze
tripleh213
10/22/2025
09:16 AM
#14
Here comes the Alien invasion
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BlueAnnihilator
10/22/2025
09:23 AM
#15
How long before the Maenads show up?
Ivynn
10/22/2025
09:31 AM
#16
AceMos posted...
i hate modern names for planetoids

Doesn't seem significant enough for a true name, it seems.
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masterpug53
10/22/2025
09:35 AM
#17
In space no one can hear you say "Ah, phooey!!"

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vycebrand2
10/22/2025
09:42 AM
#18
Whats the difference between this and say a trojan asteroid.
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DragulaRULEZ
10/22/2025
09:46 AM
#19
vycebrand2 posted...
Whats the difference between this and say a trojan asteroid.
The plume on their helmets.
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ReturnOfDevsman
10/22/2025
09:50 AM
#20
boomgetchopped3 posted...
Why do we exaggerate moons but downplay planets
For clicks.
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rexcrk
10/22/2025
09:50 AM
#21
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1c38dffe.jpg

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Takuya_Lee
10/22/2025
09:56 AM
#22
rexcrk posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1c38dffe.jpg

iykyk

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Shotgunnova
10/22/2025
09:58 AM
#23
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e8c3643b.jpg
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ROBBAN
10/22/2025
10:06 AM
#24
that's not a moon. it's an asteroid
it's a temporary natural satellite, but not a moon
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modena
10/22/2025
10:09 AM
#25
Why does science now have to have clickbait headlines too? I swear if someone was trying to sell toothpicks the headline would sound like armageddon now.
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Metal_Gear_Raxis
10/22/2025
10:16 AM
#26
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BTH_Phoenix
10/22/2025
01:49 PM
#27
they'll call this thing a moon but won't call Pluto a planet
ReturnOfDevsman
10/22/2025
02:21 PM
#28
modena posted...
Why does science now have to have clickbait headlines too? I swear if someone was trying to sell toothpicks the headline would sound like armageddon now.
Now?

You know how Pluto isn't a planet? A more accurate 2006 headline would have been something more like "Some Astronomers redefined planet to exclude Pluto, and the rest of them think they're idiots."
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Awesker002
10/22/2025
02:33 PM
#29
So a rock the size of a house gets to be called a moon but Pluto can't be a planet?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/50e5c78e.jpg
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K181
10/22/2025
02:47 PM
#30
2025 PN7 joins a small group of known quasi-satellites of Earth, including 164207 Cardea, 469219 Kamooalewa, (277810) 2006 FV35, 2013 LX28, 2014 OL339, and 2023 FW13. Quasi-satellites like 2025 PN7 are temporarily co-orbital with Earth but are not true moons. Some Arjuna-class asteroids with particularly Earth-like orbits can occasionally become temporary mini-moons, gravitationally captured by Earth for months to years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_PN7
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
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Foppe
10/22/2025
02:47 PM
#31
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/891dd559.jpg
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K181
10/22/2025
02:48 PM
#32
Awesker002 posted...
So a rock the size of a house gets to be called a moon but Pluto can't be a planet?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/50e5c78e.jpg

NASA didn't make the decision. That's also not what Pluto looks like. This post is a big phoney.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
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Takuya_Lee
10/22/2025
03:51 PM
#33
Foppe posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/891dd559.jpg

One moon. Planet's changed.
Narutaki was right. This is all Decade's fault.
Hayame_Zero
10/22/2025
03:53 PM
#34
K181 posted...
NASA didn't make the decision. That's also not what Pluto looks like. This post is a big phoney.

AI art got something wrong?!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9245da52.jpg
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Tyranthraxus
10/22/2025
03:53 PM
#35
As-ter-oid
PN7
It's like a
Mini
Moon
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https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg
Smiffwilm
10/24/2025
01:11 AM
#36
I hereby shall refer to this extra moon as "Chibiusa".
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AceMos
10/24/2025
01:11 AM
#37
Smiffwilm posted...
I hereby shall refer to this extra moon as "Chibiusa".

planetoids do not get actual names anymore they just get a letter and numbers
3 things 1. i am female 2. i havea msucle probelm its hard for me to typ well 3.*does her janpuu dance*
sfcalimari
10/24/2025
01:16 AM
#38
There was a cool looking moon last night. Just a sliver lit up on the bottom but you could see the rest of the moon darkly.
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Smiffwilm
10/24/2025
01:19 AM
#39
AceMos posted...
planetoids do not get actual names anymore they just get a letter and numbers
Fine, CB211901.
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Rika_Furude
10/24/2025
01:21 AM
#40
FF14 has taught me one thing about moons and its not pleasant
Smiffwilm
10/24/2025
01:26 AM
#41
Rika_Furude posted...
FF14 has taught me one thing about moons and its not pleasant
What, didn't learn in FF4?
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