© Martin Jutzi & Erik Asphaug, Nature.

Did the Earth once have a second moon?

Sun, 07 Aug 2011
5,477 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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The sky on 6 Aug 2026

The sky on 6 August 2026
Sunrise
06:04
Sunset
19:48
Twilight ends
21:22
Twilight begins
04:29

23-day old moon
Waning Crescent

39%

23 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:38 11:39 18:41
Venus 09:46 15:47 21:49
Moon 23:43 06:56 14:17
Mars 02:24 09:36 16:48
Jupiter 05:36 12:32 19:28
Saturn 22:36 04:48 11:00
All times shown in PDT.

Source

Jutzi, M. & Asphaug, E., Nature (2011)

Transcript of a news story presented on the Naked Scientists, 7th August 2011.

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© Martin Jutzi & Erik Asphaug, Nature.

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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