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minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoHmm today I learned that asteroids can also be moons! Was it just floating around freely like any other asteroid until it got caught into the orbit of Mars, then got stuck there forever?
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoProbably. It does happen. Fun fact. Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, orbits the wrong way which means it was gravitationally captured by Neptune at some point.
Hmm today I learned that asteroids can also be moons! Was it just floating around freely like any other asteroid until it got caught into the orbit of Mars, then got stuck there forever?
Probably. It does happen.
Fun fact. Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, orbits the wrong way which means it was gravitationally captured by Neptune at some point.