Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 9 months ago3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tinywww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-link3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tinywww.space.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•9 months agoat one point we have to realize theres an infinite number of small rocks orbiting any given planet
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoWhy you gotta be so mean to my itty bitty moon brothers and sisters?
minus-squareelmichalinkfedilink1•9 months agoDoes Earth also have such small orbiting rocks that are a few kilometers wide?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•9 months agoNo, we only have one moon. I think the gravity of the moon is too large for other moons to be in a stable orbit around Earth.
at one point we have to realize theres an infinite number of small rocks orbiting any given planet
Why you gotta be so mean to my itty bitty moon brothers and sisters?
The itty bitty satellite committee
Does Earth also have such small orbiting rocks that are a few kilometers wide?
No, we only have one moon. I think the gravity of the moon is too large for other moons to be in a stable orbit around Earth.