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Is This Moon Three?

Posted by timothy on from the cheese-buffet dept.

tetrad writes "The BBC reports that a new object has been discovered orbiting Earth. It's possible that it's just a piece of space junk, but more likely it is a rock that has been recently (in the last year) captured by our planet's gravitational field. If the object is confirmed to be natural, this would be Earth's third moon. (Did you know there were two already?)" Here's our earlier mention of Earth's alleged second moon. Update: 09/12 04:52 GMT by T : Reader cscx adds a link to an article running on space.com which says this newfound object may be some trash from the Apollo missions.

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  1. Ah so by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Velly good. In time foh Mooncakes.

  2. Thats no moon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its an xbox running linux courtesy of the OPEN SOURCE LINUX MOVEMENT.

  3. Don't look now... by AshPattern · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The invasion has begun!

    MUHAHAHAHahhahahahahahahaherk *cough* *cough*

    1. Re:Don't look now... by Chundra · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Hmmm. Pretty funny how the "moon" is known as J002E2 and you were modded down as offtopic. Typical.

    2. Re:Don't look now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Many comments are being unfairly modded offtopic in this story.

    3. Re:Don't look now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Welcome to Slashdot. Get over it.

  4. x-files fodder by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    just arrived? nah, nah, nah... it's a camouflaged spy device from an alien civilization.

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  5. Interesting. by batobin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When the second moon was discovered I wondered if there was the face of a woman on it (remember "the man on the moon" from when you were a kid?). That's good. I'm all for eqaulity.

    But now that there are three, I wonder what should be on this one. The face of a she-man/transvestite? The face of an ape?

    I'm sure Rumsfeld would be happy to blast George Dubya's face on there in no time (this is unrelated to the transvestite suggestion mentioned earlier, merely a reflection on the trigger happy habits of some individuals running the country).

  6. Are you sure.... by TheKubrix · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its not just CowboyNeal?

  7. ObDouglas Adams Reference by idiotnot · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Maybe it's Earth's own fish?

    On the other hand, it could be....
    • Jimmy Hoffa
    • A gigantic glob of pens, pencils, and loose change that seem to magically disappear from earth.
    • This guy's vacation home.
    • ....
  8. obelisk? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is it black, rectangular in shape?

    * 2001 music plays... *

  9. oops by PirateKing · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This will probably make me lose that bet I made a year ago...they claimed I couldn't make that mountain invisible!



    Well, it's not there anymore, now, is it???

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    It is, it is, a glorious thing to be a Pirate King!
  10. Damn. by undeg+chwech · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    My horoscope said I was going to meet a gorgeous woman today. I guess that will change now this new mystic influence has been discovered.

  11. At last. . . by AlaskanUnderachiever · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with this new moon I shall have a second orbital base for my friggin' lasers. . .

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    Find out about my new childrens book: SS Death Camp Criminal Batallion Go To Monte Carlo For The Massacre
  12. Re:Maybe, I'm wierd but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Completely offtopic here, but this has been bothering me since I was a kid... I just want to know if people spell "weird" as "wierd" on purpose? You know, to be weird?

  13. grumble by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *grumble* got this exact story rejected *grumble*

  14. THAT'S DUE TO EDITORS WITH UNLIMITED MOD POINTS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic