Skywatch Signal
Skywatch Signal
socialSep 7𝕏
🧵THE OBJECT ORBITING EARTH THAT ASTRONOMERS WONT CALL NATURAL (1/6) A small object called Sar2901 recently passed Ea...
🧵THE OBJECT ORBITING EARTH THAT ASTRONOMERS WONT CALL NATURAL (1/6) A small object called Sar2901 recently passed Earth and entered a temporary orbit around the Earth-Moon system and people are going wild. When the Minor Planet Center looked at the observations, it couldn't decide whether Sar2901 was a natural mini moon or if it was an artificial object. It has now delayed giving it an official minor planet designation because if they did it would mean accepting that the object is natural an...
