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2nd Moon Orbiting Earth Discovered

Posted by michael on from the once-in-a-blue-moon dept.

Arctic Fox writes "Astronomers at the Queen Mary & Westfield College in London have discovered a new moon. Named Cruithne, the 3 mile sized "moon" has a horseshoe shaped orbit that is 770 years in length." Heh. Lunar eclipses are just a bit rarer with this moon.

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