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Just when I got used to the usual one.
1 posted on 05/29/2023 3:08:41 PM PDT by Libloather
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Astronomers finding new ways to spend grant money.


2 posted on 05/29/2023 3:10:32 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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If it is gravitationally bound to the sun, then how come it circles the earth?


3 posted on 05/29/2023 3:18:21 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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say what?


4 posted on 05/29/2023 3:18:31 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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Did they determine which types of cheese these two quasi-moons are made from?


5 posted on 05/29/2023 3:22:23 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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Never mind, the diagram on the webpage clarified the confusing language in the article. The things actually orbit the Sun.


6 posted on 05/29/2023 3:27:06 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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"Earth has a new 'MOON', scientists reveal - and it's here to stay for at least 1,500 years"

I thought the earth only had like 10 more years, if that. That new moon is going to be lonely.

8 posted on 05/29/2023 3:31:02 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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Waiting for someone to show why the quasi-moon is a factor in global warming.


11 posted on 05/29/2023 3:34:38 PM PDT by teacherwoes (I am Philip Nolan )
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I think they are stretching it to call this a moon. It long into the article to share that it is only 30-50 in diameter! And since it is not in orbit around the Earth, how can they claim this small rock is a moon anyway?


16 posted on 05/29/2023 3:45:56 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Donald Tantrum? No Thank You. We Can Do Better! I am a Veteran Supporting Veteran DeSantis.)
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Like our ‘permitted new and improved light bulbs’,
it just doesn’t give the light to which we are
accustomed. “Moonlight becomes you” = given an entirely
new meaning.


17 posted on 05/29/2023 3:50:39 PM PDT by V K Lee (Our CONSTITUTION. Written with DIVINE assistance by very wise men. A document Unlike any other.)
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Would be a shame is someone gave it a nudge so it crash lands on DC. /spit


18 posted on 05/29/2023 3:58:30 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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Wolf man loses more sleep.


19 posted on 05/29/2023 3:59:20 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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Oh, it’s something in orbit. I was afraid Lizzo or Stacy Abrams dropped trou. ;-)


22 posted on 05/29/2023 4:34:37 PM PDT by ken in texas
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They want a moon? I got an old moon for em!


24 posted on 05/29/2023 5:20:02 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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A quasi-moon is a space rock that circles the Earth, but is gravitationally bound by the sun.


26 posted on 05/29/2023 7:28:18 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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Well, that is quasi-interesting.

Space junk.


28 posted on 05/29/2023 7:35:07 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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Moon Zappa?


29 posted on 05/29/2023 8:58:23 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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Space rock, eh?

UFO was considered a “space rock” band until first guitarist Mick Bolton left and former Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker joined. Their second album, “Flying”, was subtitled “One Hour Space Rock”.

Lemmy’s first hit single was with space rock band Hawkwind, a song called “Silver Machine”.


30 posted on 05/29/2023 9:58:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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FTA: affectionately known as ‘Luna’

^^^^^
Why would the author use such a phrase. Makes no sense.

Well, at least he uses “BC” and “AD” instead of the ridiculous “BCE,” etc.


33 posted on 05/30/2023 5:07:48 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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