I’ve read like eight of these articles about this Moon just trying to find out if we can see it without a telescope.
I’m assuming we can’t see it, but none of the articles I’ve read mention it. it seems crazy that none of them mention its visibility.
Will we be able to see the second moon?
The posted article says no, not even with an amateur telescope
of course i skim this one and it’s in the final paragraph.
thank you!
With a good telescope: https://www.space.com/earth-mini-moon-asteroid-2024-pt5
rad, thank you
That’s no moon…
Was wondering about its size: 11 meters (36 ft) in diameter per wikipedia
spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about two months
what? what kind of orbit is that?
The kind that takes more than 2 months to ‘complete’. From the perspective of the earth it makes a horseshoe shape. From the ‘temporary moon’ perspective it gets a trajectory adjustment on its solar orbit.
It’s more like a gravity assist that takes 2 months to complete than an orbit.
It’s a parabola or hyperbola. Of course, it’s not technically an “orbit” since it isn’t closed; the Wikipedia pages are called Parabolic trajectory and Hyperbolic trajectory.
Immediately thought of QI
So if I’m doing the math right… that’s 3 total moons:
Moon
Mini moon 1
The second mini moon
Science is fun.
