Moon or space junk?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Does Planet Earth have another Moon or is this space junk?



Check out this link and provide your thoughts



<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2251386.stm"; target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2251386.stm</a>;





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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 14
    leviathanleviathan Posts: 161member
    J002E2 eh?



    whats worrying is that they PRESUME that it was taken into orbit in either april or may!!!



    APRIL OR MAY!



    doesn't exactly fill you with confidents does it...



    imagine a huge comet the size of the antarctic speeding towards earth, it hits and destroys earth...

    a returning space shuttle see's it all and a scientist on the ship replies..

    'funny, by my estimations we should have seen that by about april or may!'



    <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />

    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

    ................ <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 2 of 14
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    For my money, it's just another piece of debris orbiting the earth (natural or not).



    The thing has got to have a certain amount of physical stature before I'd call it a "moon". There is in fact, probably a definition for what constitutes a "moon" and what doesn't, but I'm not sure what the physical parameters are for that.
  • Reply 3 of 14
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    weird.... it seems this would be the THIRD natural orbiting body currently around earth...



    the first one is of course the moon, the second is another "moon" found around 1986 that has a horseshoe orbit around the earth, and the third being the object just discovered.... weird
  • Reply 4 of 14
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
  • Reply 5 of 14
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    That's no moon...
  • Reply 6 of 14
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    [quote]Originally posted by Stoo:

    <strong>That's no moon...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    No. Space Junk...my theory... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 7 of 14
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    Speaking of the moon...



    Was <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/4046970.htm"; target="_blank">Buzz Aldrin too afraid to swear</a>, or was he just exhibiting the natural emotion all we non-Christians feel when someone approaches us carrying a Bible?
  • Reply 8 of 14
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    [quote]Originally posted by Artman @_@:

    <strong></strong><hr></blockquote>











    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 9 of 14
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    Good one Alliance !
  • Reply 10 of 14
    leviathanleviathan Posts: 161member
    was it me or did Paul just read the article and then condense it into about 3 sentences??
  • Reply 11 of 14
    airslufairsluf Posts: 1,861member
  • Reply 12 of 14
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by leviathan:

    <strong>was it me or did Paul just read the article and then condense it into about 3 sentences??</strong><hr></blockquote>



    just trying to make it easyer for the people who dont like to read... like me
  • Reply 13 of 14
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Anyhow, they've worked it out now, and believe it to be a spare bit of Saturn V rocket.



    <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2253385.stm"; target="_blank">Another BBC Online science page...</a>
  • Reply 14 of 14
    mediamanmediaman Posts: 169member
    [quote]Originally posted by Artman @_@:

    <strong></strong><hr></blockquote>



    Here's a chance for me to ask a question about this shot from Star Wars & about the Death Star.

    If this thing is a big as a small moon, then why is it being built with horizontal floors (look at the pic, it looks like skyscraper construction) surely it would make more sense to build something that big (with artificial gravity) with floors like layers on an onion?
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