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  • 2018-03-30 (xsd:date)
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  • No, NASA has not confirmed Earth has a new moon (en)
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  • There’s more than one moon orbiting Earth? That’s what smartmindmag.com claimed on an undated post headlined NASA Has Just Confirmed Earth Has A New Moon. According to new reports from NASA, there is a quasi-moon orbiting around Earth for almost a century, and we have missed it all along, the website claimed . The new moon isn’t as big as THE MOON is, but, it still keeps our original moon company while traveling across space. Not quite. The post heavily borrows from a June 2016 NASA report but takes liberties to stretch the truth. NASA in 2016 announced the discovery of a small asteroid which as it orbits the sun, appears to circle around Earth as well. But NASA did not say that the asteroid, labeled 2016 HO3, was a new moon orbiting Earth. It is too distant to be considered a true satellite of our planet, but it is the best and most stable example to date of a near-Earth companion, or ‘quasi-satellite’, the NASA report said. A satellite is an object that moves around a larger object, and both the Earth and the moon are considered natural satellites, NASA explains . 2016 HO3’s characteristics only elevate it to quasi-satellite. The smartmindmag.com post included legitimate quotes that appear on NASA’s 2016 post, but jumped to a conclusion that NASA did not establish. Both the NASA report and smartmindmag.com quote Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object (NEO) Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as saying: Since 2016 HO3 loops around our planet, but never ventures very far away as we both go around the sun, we refer to it as a quasi-satellite of Earth. Other more prominent news outlets ran similar headlines in 2016 about Earth having two moons, based on NASA’s report. Business Insider: SURPRISE: Earth has two moons . But other websites covered the story more accurately. Slate’s headline hinted that details matter: Another Moon for Earth? Well, Not Really, but It Depends on Your Point of View. Gizmodo also explained the nuances in a story headlined: Earth's New 'Quasi' Moon Will Stick Around for Centuries . NASA has not confirmed that Earth has a new moon, as smartmindmag.com claimed. We rate the claim False. Share the Facts 2018-03-30 13:35:12 UTC PolitiFact 2 1 7 PolitiFact Rating: False NASA Has Just Confirmed Earth Has A New Moon smartmindmag.com Bloggers https://smartmindmag.com/nasa-has-just-confirmed-earth-has-a-new-moon/ in a blog post Thursday, March 29, 2018 2018-03-29 Read More info (en)
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