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Unknown space object approaching Earth’s orbit could be a new ‘mini-moon’ or part of a long-lost rocket
Seattle Times ^
| 09/24/2020
| Christine Clarridge
Posted on 09/24/2020 8:39:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A strange space object approaching Earth is about to get captured by our gravity and become a new, temporary mini-moon.
The object, which is dubbed 2020 SO, could be an asteroid. Or it could be part of the Surveyor 2, a robotic spacecraft launched to the moon on Sept. 20, 1966, according to the science and nature website EarthSky.org
Traveling at the extremely-slow-for-space speed of 1,880 miles per hour, the object was seen last week by astronomers in Hawaii, and its on course to be captured by Earth from October 2020 until around May 2021, according to EarthSky.
Astronomers here on Earth discovered another temporary mini-moon back in February that they determined had been tagging along with us for about three years.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2020so; astronomy; catastrophism; centaur; minimoon; minimoons; nasa; quasisatellite; quasisatellites; rocket; science; surveyor2
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
"Is that a Tesla?"Yep. The fastest car in the universe.
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09/24/2020 10:10:56 PM PDT
by
UnwashedPeasant
(Trump is solving the world's problems only to distract us from Russia.)
To: Dogbert41
An excellent yarn. I enjoyed reading it immensely. In fact I still have a copy and I think I’ll re-read it.
To: Dogbert41
Arthur C Clarke "Rendezvous with Rama". Clarke's "Rama" was not covered with verdant forests!
Regards,
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posted on
09/24/2020 10:36:51 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
I am reminded of the film THE SPACE COWBOYS...
To: Jamestown1630
That’s no moon, that’s a Space Station.
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posted on
09/25/2020 12:01:39 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: BenLurkin
Just as long as it doesn’t exhibit anomalous acceleration...
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posted on
09/25/2020 1:32:44 AM PDT
by
JustaTech
(A mind is a terrible thing)
To: LIConFem
Night of the Living Dead?
Yep. Thats how it started.
A Venus probe returned.
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posted on
09/25/2020 1:42:35 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/25/2020 3:19:07 AM PDT
by
motor_racer
(Who will bell the cat?)
To: BenLurkin
It’s the Winnebago that Lone Starr and Barf travel in from Spaceballs.
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09/25/2020 3:51:12 AM PDT
by
ReformedBeckite
(1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
To: Dogbert41
Remember the book, but not the artist conception. Original book was not illustrated
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posted on
09/25/2020 4:07:33 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: ReformedBeckite
Better the Winnebago than MegaMaid!!
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09/25/2020 4:14:15 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/25/2020 4:20:12 AM PDT
by
nonsporting
(.Only hits count.)
To: nonsporting
We’ve already got those. But here they’re called Democrats.
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posted on
09/25/2020 4:22:49 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: BenLurkin
To: mewzilla
Weve already got those. But here theyre called Democrats. Lock and Load
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posted on
09/25/2020 4:39:01 AM PDT
by
nonsporting
(.Only hits count.)
To: LIConFem
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09/25/2020 6:34:52 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(TRUMP, the Other guy lives in a Basement!)
To: KC_Lion
Finally, the one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater is on the way.
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09/25/2020 6:39:08 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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09/25/2020 8:57:30 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: nonsporting
I’ll take Trump over Picard and co. any day.
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posted on
09/25/2020 9:04:14 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: PIF
Remember the book, but not the artist conception. Original book was not illustrated You're (still) speaking about "Rendezvous with Rama," right?
My copy (which I think was a first printing) actually had a hole in the cover, which could also fold out into a multi-panel illustration of the interior of "Rama."
Regards,
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09/25/2020 9:44:19 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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