Pluto has 2 more moons!

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Pluto has 2 more moons!

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getting very crowded in the solar system as our telescopes improve..

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/0 ... moons.html
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Hi,
getting very crowded in the solar system as our telescopes improve..

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... /dof.shtml
You seem to give us the wrong link??? Ha ha ha... =P =P =P

The correct link: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1619_1.asp

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I stopped counting long ago already... :k-crazy:
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Hi,
stopped counting long ago already...
Ya lor... every big rock that happen to pass by too near to a planet and suddenly it became it's moon.... That's a never ending story... :P

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hm...wat if the earth have the same case den have 2 moons, ops!
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weixing wrote:Hi,
getting very crowded in the solar system as our telescopes improve..

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutor ... /dof.shtml
You seem to give us the wrong link??? Ha ha ha... =P =P =P

The correct link: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1619_1.asp

Have a nice day.
hahaha..blur "sotong" (confused) thanks for pointing out the mistake.
I already updated with the correct link..heh heh happens when you open too many screens at the same time...:lol:

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Jin Peng wrote:hm...wat if the earth have the same case den have 2 moons, ops!
With the number of artificial satellites we have been sending, one day all the junk satellites are going to impact together to form a huge metallic 'moon'. Then you will have your two moons! :)
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I don't mind having more moons on earth to look at. More chances of eclipses!! :)

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Post by QuantumGravity »

actually, Earth does have a second moon.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/s ... 91029.html

another object named J002E3 might even be Earth's third moon.

sadly, none of these allow us to view more eclipses :(
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