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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Semantics aside, this object will be orbiting the Earth for a couple of months. During that time it might be considered a moon, or not, again depending on semantics.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So, is Pluto a planet? </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 08:02:47 PM EDT, Michael Alexander via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:
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It’s not at all a moon: it isn’t captured in a stable orbit around our Earth. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>It’s a “moon” to people with impoverished vocabularies.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> – Mike Alexander<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv4459222303yqt98564" class="yiv4459222303yqt7548251742"><p style="font-size:15px;color:#715FFA;padding-top:15px;margin-top:0;" class="yiv4459222303yahoo-quoted-begin">On Sunday, September 29, 2024, 7:53 PM, David Lees via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:</p><blockquote class="yiv4459222303iosymail"><div id="yiv4459222303"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Curious why this is called a "mini moon", when at 10 meters its volume is about 4x10^16 smaller than the moon? Perhaps it should be called a "sub-femto moon" 😜<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>David Lees<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4459222303gmail_quote"><div id="yiv4459222303yqt40698" class="yiv4459222303yqt4084059446"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv4459222303gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 7:30 PM Peter Albin via LCTG <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv4459222303gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="display:block;"><div style="display:inline-block;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" dir="ltr" style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/mini-moon-earth-asteroid-astronomy-d68656845bd2762095bb39ce9d619e6b"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1"><img style="width:300px;min-height:168px;" width="300" height="168" alt="90.png" src="cid:l4rJtnZJb8OpTgfzIyXI" yahoo_partid="2"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><table bgcolor="#1A1A1A" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(26,26,26);"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding:8px 0px;"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden;"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/mini-moon-earth-asteroid-astronomy-d68656845bd2762095bb39ce9d619e6b" style="text-decoration:none;">Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months</a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/mini-moon-earth-asteroid-astronomy-d68656845bd2762095bb39ce9d619e6b" style="text-decoration:none;">apnews.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none" id="yiv4459222303m_-3373581509504467751lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Peter Albin</div></div>===============================================<br clear="none">
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