Image coutesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
Joel Kontinen
Earth's closest cosmic companions, known as
'minimoons' or 'quasi-moons', could hold the secrets to the history of our
early solar system.
Near-Earth asteroids are similar to time capsules, holding secrets to the early history of the solar system, experts say. Temporary companions called 'minimoons' may be the best place to unearth these secrets.
The solar system has many secrets that researchers are still trying to unravel. They are turning to space rocks that according to evolutionists may unravel to story of how we got here. For instance, NASAs “OSIRIS REx mission discovered water and carbon — two of the precursors for life on Earth — on the 4.5billion-year-old asteroid Bennu.”
According to evolution,
”among the thousands of asteroids swarming near Earth’s orbit, minimoons — tiny
cosmic bodies, whose orbits are partially governed by Earth and partially by
other solar system bodies — may be prime candidates for learning about the
origins of the solar system, said Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary
sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.”
Miniscule objects,
such as “Bennu or a minimoon, are "like time capsules," Paul
Abell, chief scientist for small body exploration at NASA, told Live Science. "They
give us indications of what the early solar system was like [and] what the
conditions were."
Source:
Kiley Price 2024 Earth has extra moons, and they may
hold the secrets of our solar system's past | Live Science 26
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