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Originally posted by Juge
The simulations seemed very strange to me, as well... But I don't think that just beacuse it is close to the Earth's orbit around the sun that it is considered a moon of Earth's... It should be shown to orbit the earth. There are two moons going around Jupiter or Saturn that swap places every orbit when they get close, so they are sort of orbting each other according to the definition you gave there... but they are considered two moons of Jupiter (or Saturn, I can't remember which). It's really weird... To be honest, according to the sims, this second moon does not appear to be a moon of Earth's... I wish I knew more about it. They have categorized it as Earth's second moon, though... back in 1986, I believe.
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Is there somewhere that shows as an actual "categorization" instead of just a term used to describe it? Acording the sims, the "second moon" passes behind the Earth crossing directly through our orbit around the sun.
SpaceAce