The ignorance of science in our world is disturbing. Everything in our lives has science and its nomenclature is how we define the universe. It's weird, to me, that people don't want to learn more about it because "it's hard."

Bok_Tukalo

(4,322 posts)

5. That's no moon ....

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 04:50 PM

Jun 2016

........

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

6. ...

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 04:51 PM

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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

9. That's funny.

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 05:27 PM

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uponit7771

(90,304 posts)

15. lol

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Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:38 AM

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muriel_volestrangler

(101,271 posts)

11. 'two moons' is far more accurate than 'two satellites'

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 05:51 PM

Jun 2016

It has hundreds (thousands?) of satellites. It may have 2 natural satellites.

Why do you think 'moon' is unsuitable, but 'satellite' OK? We talk about the moons of Mars and so on.

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

7. not really, just kind of stuck in a half ass orbit around the Earth and will drift away sometime

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 05:09 PM

Jun 2016

But the headline guarantees clicks!

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

8. Yup. Nt

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 05:26 PM

Jun 2016

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,325 posts)

10. The moon that we call "moon" will also drift away

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 05:48 PM

Jun 2016

But not for a while.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12311119

Crunchy Frog

(26,578 posts)

18. A rock that's been in a loose orbit for 100 years vs.

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 18, 2016, 05:23 AM

Jun 2016

a major satellite that's been in orbit for 4.5 billion years. Yeah, lots of similarity there.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,325 posts)

19. In geologic time, identical.

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Sat Jun 18, 2016, 09:15 AM

Jun 2016

It's been moving away from the earth for 4.5 billion years.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,271 posts)

13. Well, it's a lot more like a moon than Cruithne

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Fri Jun 17, 2016, 05:55 PM

Jun 2016

which the BBC panel show 'QI' was trying to push as a 'moon', though it usually has, relative to Earth, a kidney-shaped 'orbit' around a Lagrange point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne