Earth’s other moons

You're familiar with the Moon, but it's not only our moon, depending on your point of view.

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[mr]

“How many moons does the Earth have?” is a running gag on the excellent British panel show QI. Guaranteed to get a bemused and bewildered reaction from Alan Davies. 😅

[pnutz_]

"There's just one moon - it's called 'THE moon'!"

- Alan Davies, 2003

[waverod]

The Earth-Moon L5 dust could also be considered to be a population of *lunar* trojans.

[paulprichard]

Excellent presentation. I've watched many Youtube videos about space science and many of those feature a presenter who puts you to sleep. Your energy and clarity are refreshing, the graphics balance with the live presentation. Good work.

[eliljeho]

It's good to see Caitlin's still part of the team. Why she's not hosting is none of our business, but glad she's still getting the news about SCIENCE! out!

[der_peevmeister]

Sailor Mini Moon: **visible confusion**

[sshuggi]

Cloud Moon sounds cool, like it should be a band name.

[ATADSP]

Petition to officially name THE Moon Luna to avoid confusion. People can still call it colloquially the moon but officially it would be Luna so we could use moon to refer to bodies orbiting planets.

[khajiitkitten]

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[ancientswordrage]

I'd love a video exploring Asimov's Tug of War calculation. It argues the Earth-Moon system is a double planet due to the sun having more sway on the moon thank the earth, gravitationally at least ...

[K_i_t_t_y]

We really should just call our moon Luna since that's her name.

[threecatsdancing]

"That's no natural satellite!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Bluepizza]

With the new missions to the moon.
I hope we don’t repeat the myth that the moon landings were fake
Since that will just be annoying now that social media exist and would spread a rumors that Artemis is a fake would spread like wildfire way faster than the original myth for Apallo

[ku]

0:13 HOLY CRAP!!! That opening scene in WALL-E was right on the money!

[rickseiden]

If John was the Science Green, and he started talking about there was a Sun-Earth L5 and an Earth-Moon L5, he might wonder if it was "L5s All The Way Down."

[Zyo]

1, I believe the Moon actually has the celestial designation 'Luna'.

2, The Sun, also, has the designation 'Sol'.

[Mgooy]

"Moon is a weird word with a fuzzy definition" same as chipmunk

[fenwickrysen]

What about Cruithne? It's not in the Hill Sphere, but it's (very weird) orbit is wholly dependent upon the Earth.

[WhiteSpatula]

Have we ever had a look at L3? Now I’m wondering if there’s anything substantial parked there.

[kurtsnyder]

Supposedly Luna had "siblings" at one time, but these were eventually eaten by Terra and Luna.