There’s a temporary small second moon to the earth. The moon was probably about three years ago, in orbit around the planet, the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union on Tuesday announced.
The moon in the name of 2020, the CD3 and it has a size of about two to three and a half feet.
the Astronomers of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona discovered that the moon is on the 15th of February, after a strange flash of light on their screen and saw it go in.
Only once before and there was a mini-moon, as of 2020, the CD3 was observed. In 2006 and ran it for eleven months is a long time, a second moon to the earth. The moon was given the name 2006RH120. According to an investigator of the Catalina Sky Survey, Kacper Wierzchos, has been the discovery that reason is ‘good news’.
the Small size of the objects in orbit around the earth, it is very difficult to find, and where to get it.
the BIG NEWS thread, 1/3). Earth has a new, temporarily captured object/Construct a mini-moon, called the 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, in my Head, the Sky Survey and teammates Teddy Pruyne, and I found a 20th magnitude object. Here are the discovery images.
AvatarAuteurWierzchosKacperMoment of plaatsen00:20 – February 26, 2020
