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Old 09-16-2002, 01:29 PM  
Juge
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Originally posted by ZoiNk
I voted one, there is "the moon", and there is an asteroid that we picked up that is orbiting us. There is no guarentee that it will continue to orbit us forever, so it is not a perminant moon. It may stay there for 1000 years, 5000 years, or forever. There are no guarentees.
ZoiNk
Again, I shouldn't have said permanent. Some people think it means over 5,000 years, some people think it means over 1 billion, and some even more than that.

But, the second asteriod you mention is the earth's second moon, called Cruithne:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Cruit...=Google+Search

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