Ho Ho Ho! Planet Earth's moon fell of the sky and we didn't even know!

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Not 1 but at least 2. One is found in the forest and there still might be others. In other reports there is another discovery of a 1 meter odd sized metal ball about 3.8 tons. That can not be scratched by knife nor etched by acid.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/ANN/Story/STIStory_749083.html

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The Earth has always had a second moon, a new study has claimed. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

(KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Earth has always had a second moon, a new study has claimed. When astronomers in Arizona found a mysterious titanium white object orbiting the Earth in the fall of 2006, it looked like a spent rocket stage.
But closer inspection revealed that the object called 2006 RH120 was a natural body. It was a tiny asteroid measuring just a few metres across but it still qualified as a natural satellite just like our Moon. Captured by the Earth's gravitational field, it rotated around the Earth until June 2007. In the new study, astrophysicists claim that it was not an anomaly but a temporary second moon.
According to Cornell University's Mikael Granvik, Jeremie Vaubaillon and Robert Jedicke, they have calculated the population of 'irregular natural satellites that are temporarily captured' by Earth. In their study, researchers say that while these moons are small, the scientific implications of this discovery are phenomenal.
'At any given time, there should be at least one natural Earth satellite one metre in diameter orbiting the Earth,' they were quoted as saying. Instead of having to send crews to asteroids astronomers can wait until they come closer to Earth to intercept and learn more about the origins of our solar system.

 

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Here it is - the strange metallic object found in forest mentioned in above post:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/jiadian/2011-07/25/c_121711038_7.htm

在美国内华达州孔特利贝尔什深峡谷地层内，人们曾发现一个鞋底的痕迹，其清晰程度乃至粗线条纹路都看得十分清楚。估计这一鞋底的印迹已有1500万年的历史。
在智利的热带丛林中曾找到过一个金属球，其直径有1米，重量约有3吨。而且它的成分是谁也不知道的化合物。奇怪的是金属球光滑的表面，无论 用火烧，用酸液浸，还是用刀切削都毫无影响。智利科学院院长拉莫斯·泰尔杰茨博士认为，这一金属球是地外文明代表有意留下的。他们在远古的时代就可能到过 我们星球，也可能在我们的时代也拜访了我们的星球。

在法国和意大利的许多岩洞的壁上刻画着许多奇怪的标记，样子同飞碟的形状相仿。专家们已知的类似岩洞有拉兹卡岩洞、阿尔塔米拉岩洞及埃比斯岩洞等。这些地方至今已发现有近2000多个类似的标记，都是石器时代（公元前30000～10000万年）留下的。
最为知名的阿尔塔米拉岩洞中有字母形状的地方长达200米。在此洞内能找到3种不同的标记，主要是在洞的顶壁。

 

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In Chile has been found in the jungle had a metal ball, and its diameter 1 m, weight about 3 tons. And its constituents who do not know of the compounds. Strange metal ball is a smooth surface, whether by fire, with the acid leaching, or have no effect on the cutting knife. Chile Sciences Dean Dr. Ramos Tell Gertz, the metal ball is representative of extraterrestrial civilization deliberately left behind.In ancient times they may have visited our planet, in our time may have visited our planet.

http://www.theanecdote.info/UFO_view150.html


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Earth Usually Has Second Tiny Temporary Moon Irregular natural satellites, captured from the population of near-Earth asteroids, orbit the Earth for a few months and move on. John Matson reports.
December 27, 2011

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The moon has been with us for billions of years, almost since the formation of Earth. From then on, Earth has also had countless other satellite companions. In fact, we probably have one right now.
But these objects are not full-fledged moons. They're more like temporary, extremely small moons. Called irregular natural satellites, they’re boulders from the large population of near-Earth asteroids that get snagged by our gravity. They orbit the Earth for a few months, then escape and move on.
A new study on the Web site arXiv.org says that such satellites should be very common. [Mikael Granvik, Jeremie Vaubaillon and Robert Jedicke, The population of natural Earth satellites] At any given time we probably have one temporarily captured orbiter of about a meter in size.
These space rocks are awfully hard to see. But astronomers seem to have spotted one such transient satellite in 2006. The asteroid, dubbed 2006 RH120, was a few meters in diameter. It was captured by Earth for about a year and then broke away back to interplanetary space.
But not all temporary orbiters escape. About one percent of them actually impact Earth during their captivity, according to the study. Fortunately, the real moon keeps a respectful distance.
—John Matson
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast]