#minimoons β Public Fediverse posts
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Every day, 10-200 #tons of #material from #space fall into the #Earth's #atmosphere. Up to a thousand meter-sized #minimoons (#asteroids that are temporarily captured by Earth's #gravity) are in temporary #orbits around the Earth every year, but so far only a few have been #discovered.
Daniel Kastinen, doctoral #student, #Swedish Institute of #SpacePhysics https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/irf/pressreleases/ny-forskning-avsloejar-rymdskrot-osynliga-meteorer-och-jordnaera-asteroider-slash-new-research-reveals-space-debris-invisible-meteors-and-near-earth-asteroids-3218521