RE: BBC E-mail: New 'moon' found around Earth

[CHRIS CANTRELL]

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I must have missed something. I thought J002E3 WAS in orbit about the Earth making it a moon candidate. Since it appears to be have been inserted fairly recently, I would nitpick that it isn't really a "moon" until it gets a few million years of orbits around us. Shouldn't age count when considering the mooness of a body? ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:43 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: BBC E-mail: New 'moon' found around Earth Not to nitpick, but doesn't a moon have to orbit the planet?  It seems like Cruithne should be designated "co-dependent minor planet".  :)   Also, since J002E3 appears to share earth's orbit, instead of orbiting earth, it should fall into the "minor planet" category? -----Original Message----- From: LARRY KLAES [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:14 PM To: europa Subject: BBC E-mail: New 'moon' found around Earth New 'moon' found around Earth   http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/2251386.stm The discovery of what could be a new moon of Earth is puzzling astronomers.