A new object has been located in near-Earth orbit, and it's possibly Earth's 3rd known natural satellite (yes we have two - Luna and Cruithne).

 

More info here.

 

 

(ta faf)

How large does an object have to be to qualify as a moon?

moon 1 n. the only natural satellite of the earth || any planetary satellite

turns out that it is a lump of Saturn V, that could run into the moon in 2003. I hope it does, it would be interesting to watch.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2253385.stm

Another lonely Christmas for Cruithne then

Originally posted by Sayonara³

Another lonely Christmas for Cruithne then

 

well after 2003, maybe .

 

to me though, it looks more like Cruithne is a near earth asteroid locked into a 1:1 resonance with the earth.