General News@lemmy.todayEnglish · 3 days ago

Earth's second MOON is revealed for the first time: Chinese satellite beams back incredible image of rare 'micromoon'

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Earth's second MOON is revealed for the first time: Chinese satellite beams back incredible image of rare 'micromoon'

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General News@lemmy.todayEnglish · 3 days ago

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Earth's second MOON is revealed for the first time

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This is the first image of a rare 'minimoon' that loops around the Earth like a dance partner.

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I was pretty excited to learn they are gonna collect samples from it too.

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