Earth could have a second temporary moon

The Earth may have a second moon, which moves in a corkscrew-like trajectory. Previously, scientists predicted planetary rings of debris for our planet.

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Now they told that it revolves around the earth a piece that broke away from the moon. He became a temporary satellite of our planet, writes Interesting Engineering.

Celestial object called Kamo’oaleva recorded 5 years ago. This satellite is tiny, its diameter is only 50 meters.

Scientists who discovered the mini-satellite describe its orbit as a dance.

“It’s influenced by the gravity of the sun and the Earth. So it’s kind of a weird dance,” says TIME Magazine graduate student Ben Sharkey of the Moon and Planets Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

The fact that the object broke away from the moon is explained by the constant bombardment of the main satellite by celestial objects.

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Sharkey and other scientists estimate that in 300 years the second satellite will go out of orbit, so it won’t be with us for long.

We will remind, earlier scientists discovered a unique planet on which a year lasts only 16 hours.

Other researchers have suggested that alien probes may be scattered throughout the Milky Way.