A Saudi astronomer inspired an Indian: a second moon on Earth on Friday

Arabia's weather - Sinan Khalaf - a new moon will join the moon that we have been used to seeing in the sky since eternity, but the new moon will not be seen with the naked eye, as it is a small celestial body that will enter the Earth's gravitational field orbiting it.

The Saudi astronomer and researcher Molham bin Muhammad Hendi, a specialist in physical astronomy and a member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences, explained to the newspaper "Sabb" that the Earth has one natural satellite, which is the moon we know from eternity, but in two previous incidents in 2006 and 2018 AD, the Earth's gravity captured two rocks Which made them revolve around the earth, and acquired the status of the moon of the earth. Such is called small moons, but the impact of the moon’s gravitational pull with the earth is working on the so-called gravitational contradiction that made these small moons stay temporarily before escaping from the Earth’s gravity toward space.

He explained, in mid-September, scientists detected a small object approaching Earth, called (2020SO), but this object is different from the asteroids that approach the Earth daily. As its speed and path will enable the Earth to capture this object, and the Earth will have a second moon orbiting around it. "

And the astronomer "Hindi" indicated that astronomical calculations confirmed that the object will enter the Earth's gravitational field today, Friday, 29 th. The Earth will have two moons, until it escapes from Earth's gravity in March 2021 AD, but because of its trajectory and speed that matches one of the possibilities for the trajectory of the remnants of an old American missile (Surveyor-2) within the Apollo missions in the seventies of the last century; It was launched in 1966 in a mission that failed in an orbit similar to Earth's orbit, and it is believed that it is next to us, and not a natural object like previous small satellites.

He concluded his speech by saying: "In any case, whether it is a natural object or the remnants of an old missile, it cannot be seen with the naked eye because it is small in size and will be at relatively long distances."