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Eraser Cool #9 Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 44136	Posted: 07-25-2008 03:47 AM                    ...Earth's second moon is called Cruithne. It was discovered in 1986 and it takes a convoluted horseshoe path around our planet as it is tossed about by the Earth's and the Moon's gravity. Last edited by Eraser on 07-25-2008 04:04 AM, edited 1 time in total.
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MKJ Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu Joined: 24 Nov 2000 Posts: 44139	Posted: 07-25-2008 03:50 AM                    second moon is called Cruithne. get it right :@
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+JuggerNaut+ social engineer Joined: 13 Oct 2001 Posts: 30226	Posted: 07-25-2008 03:51 AM
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spl1ff Grunt Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 71	Posted: 07-25-2008 03:56 AM                  MKJ wrote: second moon is called Cruithne. get it right :@ he got it right
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SplEEb The Illuminated Joined: 23 Nov 2000 Posts: 1818	Posted: 07-25-2008 03:57 AM                  This is good news, did you tell NASA.
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spl1ff Grunt Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 71	Posted: 07-25-2008 03:57 AM                  http://www.tomski.com/archive/000007.html
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Eraser Cool #9 Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 44136	Posted: 07-25-2008 04:03 AM                    MKJ wrote: second moon is called Cruithne. get it right :@ oh bugger, I shall have it fixed. Cannot have me misquoting this little bugger...
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MKJ Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu Joined: 24 Nov 2000 Posts: 44139	Posted: 07-25-2008 04:05 AM                    spl1ff wrote: MKJ wrote: second moon is called Cruithne. get it right :@ he got it right looks like you fail at q3wology.
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Fender Jesus of Suburbia Joined: 14 Jan 2001 Posts: 12713	Posted: 07-25-2008 04:11 AM                    again? why?
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o'dium Eh? Joined: 25 Mar 2001 Posts: 32049	Posted: 07-25-2008 04:43 AM                    ITS TRUE I SAW IT ON QI AND STEPHEN FRY WOULDNT TELL PORKIES.
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scared? Welfare Recipient Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 20936	Posted: 07-25-2008 06:10 AM                  wow eraser is a moron...he thinks asteroids that orbit around the sun with almost equal revolution times as earth are moons of the earth...rofl?...
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spl1ff Grunt Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 71	Posted: 07-25-2008 07:34 AM                  MKJ wrote: looks like you fail at q3wology. http://www.quake3world.com/forum/search ... mit=Search The 'moon' part was slowly added in....it's how language works i guess...i dont blame you
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andyman Do the chickens have large talons? Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 11141	Posted: 07-25-2008 08:08 AM                    earth is a moon of the sun, if you want to look at it that way
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Therac-25 Linux Version Joined: 04 Dec 1999 Posts: 2562	Posted: 07-25-2008 08:43 AM                    it's not a moon by any conventional definition of the term. just an asteroid with a weird orbit that kind looks like a moon from the earth's pov if you squint. if you have celestia, you can get this guy's quasi-satellites addin to give you cruithne to watch.
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seremtan Etile Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 34898	Posted: 07-25-2008 09:01 AM                  the home of
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xer0s Digital Nausea Joined: 10 Feb 2001 Posts: 24712	Posted: 07-25-2008 12:39 PM                    Earth's second moon is called Cruithne. It was discovered in 1986 and it takes a convoluted horseshoe path around our planet as it is tossed about by the Earth's and the Moon's gravity.
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