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A ‘Quasi-Moon’ Has Been Quietly Orbiting With Earth for 60 Years — Astronomers Just Confirmed It
A small asteroid has been quietly following Earth’s orbit for decades—unseen, unbothered and, until recently, completely ...
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Why The Moon Is Getting Farther From Earth Every Year – And What It Means For Us
The Moon, our constant celestial companion, is drifting away from Earth at a slow but measurable rate. According to a ...
Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...
The region where the gravitational influence of Earth is the dominant force, is called the Hill Sphere. This extends up to 1.5 million kilometers (almost a million miles) away. If a small asteroid ...
Related reading: Earth's temporary extra satellites may have an unexpected origin.
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The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...
Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...
This artist's concept depicts the NISAR satellite in orbit over central and Northern California. - Indian Space Research Organization A first-of-its-kind satellite has launched to track nearly ...
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New space junk removal idea: Using ion engine exhaust to knock debris out of the sky
Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...
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