Earth will get another moon this month  — but not for long!

Apr 15, 2020
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There are actually 8-10 mini moons, possibly more. They come and go, pulled away by the Sun. Some are in complex unusual orbits shaped by the Sun and Moon.
 
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These are the same people who said we can't call Pluto a planet. If Pluto isn't a planet, then a rock the size of a school bus isn't a moon.
I think demoting Pluto to a dwarf planet was a PR disaster for the astronomer class. Neil deGrasse Tyson told us to “get over it” but we aren’t getting over it. People still rage and joke about it. Demoting Pluto was culturally inane and the so-called “strict definition of a planet” was an arbitrary and capricious move by the IAU in my opinion. This happened as the New Horizons mission was getting started and I wonder if that mission would even have gotten off the ground had Pluto’s demotion happened before its inception.
 

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