Moonlet - Chip Delaney coined that one.
Paul At 11:30 12/09/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I don't think that age really counts in this situation. Isn't a moon just >a natural satellite revolving around a planet? So wouldn't this make >J002E3 and Cruithne both moons to earth, since they are both proven to be >natural satellites revolving around earth. Maybe i am missing something >in the definition of a moon though. I read that Cruithne is an asteroid, >but doesn't the definition of an asteroid say that it has to be a small >celestial body that relvoves around the sun (aka minor planets)? So maybe >there should be abother name for small celestial bodies relvoving around a >planet, like a 'minor moon' or something. Or maybe we should call them >planetoids. hehe. I don't know though. Maybe my definitions are way off. > > >>From: CHRIS CANTRELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: BBC E-mail: New 'moon' found around Earth >>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:06:59 -0500 >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>Received: from mc1-f13.law16.hotmail.com ([65.54.236.20]) by >>mc1-s16.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 12 >>Sep 2002 08:09:00 -0700 >>Received: from klx.com ([161.58.236.65]) by mc1-f13.law16.hotmail.com >>with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:08:29 -0700 >>Received: (klx@localhost) by klx.com (8.11.6) id g8CF7AD67605; Thu, 12 >>Sep 2002 09:07:10 -0600 (MDT) >>Received: from srv-exchange2.adtran.com (host-api.adtran.com >>[208.251.151.99]) by klx.com (8.11.6) id g8CF77A67596; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 >>09:07:09 -0600 (MDT) >>Received: by srv-exchange2.adtran.com with Internet Mail Service >>(5.5.2653.19)id <RXTFLSNV>; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:06:59 -0500 >>X-Authentication-Warning: klx.com: klx set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>using -f >>Message-ID: >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) >>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Precedence: bulk >>Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2002 15:08:29.0269 (UTC) >>FILETIME=[405F6050:01C25A6E] >> >>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 >><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. >> >> >> > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >== >You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ > Paul Lavin +44 (0) 77 7588 6420 mobile +44 (0) 20 7291 0991 London office +44 (0) 15 8246 2720 home office +44 (0) 15 8246 2536 home fax == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
