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Earth has a "second moon" : Asteroid 2003 YN107

forums.hypography.com — Title says it all. Interresting read. Read on

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  • blahblah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+41Title never says it all. You need to include a summary of the article, such as "the object measures only 20m across and will eventually escape earth's gravity."
  • MrKlaatu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/09jun_moonlets.xml

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_YN107

    http://www.google.com/search?q=2003+YN107
  • titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21Tsk, tsk IvanB when will you learn?!

    You have yet again committed copyright infringement. You evidently do not know the level seriousness this has come to. Well since my lawyers have failed to stop you (Apple said they were the best...) I will have to deal with you myself!

    *busts out ninja sword*

  • IvanB, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Thanks for the links. It actually looks like this is way old news, but I actually never heard of that, and I'm sure most people were unaware of it as well.
  • neko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12That's no moon.
  • Jadinlee, on 10/12/2007, -8/+20Never digg an entry that says "title says it all" in the comment section. Sheesh, you'd think that people would learn by now. Marked as lame.
  • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Move over "the Moon". Earth's got a new... moon...
  • IvanB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Well it's a message board, not much I can do. Check out duggmirror or the links provided in the first comment. Stop whinning.
  • xcheats, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14http://www.duggmirror.com
  • positron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10That's a... co-orbital near-Earth asteroid?
    Nope, sorry. Doesn't work.

    You do not want to digg this down. This is not the comment you are looking for. Move along.
  • IvanB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Okay, I promise to start being more descriptive. :x
  • mongrel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I propose a BAN on "Title says it all." If the title indeed says it all, then don't bother with a subtitle. Just... leave it.
  • DubbleA, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Here we go again...

    http://www.digg.com/videos_comedy/Whose_Line_Is_It_Anyways_Best_Of_Show_5_Parts#c3416835
  • leopardhunter, on 02/18/2009, -0/+520 meters? I've shot womp rats back home that were no bigger than 20 meters.
  • datagod, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9My comment says it all.
  • Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You mean 3 moons right?
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/second_moon_991029.html
  • jarinudom, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3What about Cruithne :)
  • erkokite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I claim it!

    on a more serious note, why have we not sent a probe to any of the larger stable asteroids(like 2004 GU9). We could probably learn alot about asteroid composition and formation, and it would be much cheaper than sending a probe to the asteroid belt.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"However, 2003 YN107 is no second moon, as it is not bound to the Earth."

    No, the title does not say it all... in fact...
  • MrKlaatu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1....they prefer to be called "Little Moons".

  • curios, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What is the closest distance these astroids get to the earth?
    What are thay made of?

    Could they be used as space stations and mining facilities.
  • twertyto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Being an astronomy teacher, titles like these piss the ***** out of me. I have students coming up to me and saying this stuff and I'm think where the hell do they get this from??? A few months ago I had some student tell me that Mars was going to be larger than the Moon for a few days that month. ARRRRGGGGG.
  • isny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Time to update my list... http://www.ghofulpo.com/james/archives/2005/11/entry_24.php
  • VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2However, 2003 YN107 is no second moon, as it is not bound to the Earth. It is the first discovered member of a postulated group of coorbital objects, or quasi-satellites, which show these path characteristics. Other members of this group include 10563 Izhdubar, (54509) 2000 PH5, (66063) 1998 RO1, (85770) 1998 UP1, and (85990) 1999 JV6.

    duh.
  • randysouth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Let's call it a dwarf moon.
  • curios, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@edaieba - that was crafty of you adding your plagarised reply in the appropriate place just after i suggested the idea.
  • curios, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This has just given me pause for thought. That previous comment might actually nudge the astroid in the future.
  • curios, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Also could we use rocket tech' to nudge these astroids into a permanent orbit, making them true moons and a valuable resource for the future.?
  • curios, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1a poet and ya don't know it.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Incomp3tent, Yep i see your point, i wasnt actually thinking at the time, but you are absolutely right, dont know why you got dugg down though.
  • thewaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"These asteroids are not truly captured by Earth's gravity," notes Chodas.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Submitter says nothing.
  • curios, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1wow
  • edzieba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If you could nudge them into orbit, probably.
  • ineser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0looks cool but its kinda small
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Wikipedia - "...and that it slowly orbits the Earth during one year. However, 2003 YN107 is no second moon, as it is not bound to the Earth."

    It is not a second moon, Marked as innacurate.
  • Brocclibob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great, now we will have several nations facing off to race to the new "moon".
  • JayQu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Notice the inverted comma's around the "second moon" shesh some people take things to literally, clearly it is the work of some over-zealous reporter just trying to make people want to read thier story. I would hate to think it was an actual scientist that wrote the title (perhaps it was a NASA scientist.. lol)
  • Metatron197, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Thats no moon.... its a space station
  • thefinger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Yeah. Agree.

    It's a piece of rock, and a small one. That big round one we have that's what.... 238,000 miles out..... that's a moon, imo.

    pebbles don't count

    :)
  • MonkeyjoeBla, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1A 20 meter wide space station. :)
  • fishcough, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Cool unicoding!
  • Incomp3tnt, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0@ 0o0Moylan0o0

    You used a Wiki as a source. You fail.

    Find a reliable source and you may digg as inaccurate all you like.
  • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -14/+5http://duggmirror.com/space/Earth_has_a_second_moon_Asteroid_2003_YN107/#c3431257
  • doubleblack, on 10/12/2007, -14/+0LAME.

    Not to mention, Digg Effect has already taken it down with only 44 Diggs.

    Even Lamer.
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    IT'S A SPACE STATION!!!!

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