What Will Happen If We Have More Than One Moon
Who Says We Don't Have A definition of "moon" according to the OED, says that it is any "natural" object orbiting a planet. Currently, there is a "mystery" object orbiting Earth , temporarily designated 9U01FF6, with an orbital distance between 50,000 and 460,000 miles and an orbital period of about 31 days. It is a mystery since its origins or makeup is unknown, but is probably only about 2 or 3 meters in diameter. Not really that big, is it? Mars, which is roughly half the size of Earth, has 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos. They are small, probably captured asteroids. Pluto, technically no longer classified a planet, has 5 identified moons. The answer to this question really depends on size. Is it possible for us to have more moons? Absolutely. If we make this a "what if" where a second moon of around the size of our current one, and simplify the physics by saying they are in a complimentary orb...