2023-06-10 01:31:48
The moon is one of the Fundamental bodies for the development of life as we know it, on our planet. It is responsible for the waves of our seas and the gravitational process on which the axes support the Earth. In addition, she is our faithful companion every night and although sometimes the clouds cover her, we know that she is always there.
Is it possible that we can have two? According to what a recent scientific discovery reports, yes. Does that mean that there will be two bright objects in our sky at night? Nothing to see. This new rocky object, although it is a natural satellite, is not large enough to influence our daily lives.
receives the name of 2023 FW13 and the classification of “almost Moon” by the scientific team that discovered it. Experts consider it very different from our night watchman since it orbits quite far from the “hill of the Earth sphere”.
what do they call the “hill of the sphere of the Earth”? The region of a planetary body where its own gravity is the dominant force that attracts the satellites is known by this name.
This asteroid was seen for the first time on March 28 of this year, by a scientific team that was manipulating the telescope. Pan-STARRS survey. This is an observatory captures photos of the night sky from your perch on top of the Haleakala, a dormant volcano on Maui, one of the best-known islands of Hawaii.
Scientists, without official confirmation, estimate that it measures between 10 and 15 meters, just a tiny fraction when compared to the Moon, which exceeds 3,400 kilometers.
Experts explain that the cosmic companion has been in the vicinity of the earth since 100 BC and that it will continue to circle our planet for approximately 1,500 more years. “They do not produce their own light and neither do they particularly reflect sunlight. That makes them very weak despite being very close,” says one of the researchers, according to the website of the Daily Mail.
Its orbit around the sun takes almost exactly the same time as the earth, 365.42 days (1.0005 years on earth). Although it circles the earth on its orbital journey, the orbit is so elongated that it reaches halfway to Mars and Venus.
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