Ive been told that Earth has more than Luna as its moon, in fact, there is another moon called Calynthea (although unsure of spelling). Im sceptical of this information myself, but has anyone ever heard of an object with similiar pronunciation/spelling?
I have heard this and QI gives it credence, so it must be true.
But as its too small or has the wrong orbit, to see, has no influence (for all ractical purposes) on the Earth and we might not even notice it if it ran into us, its probably not worth bothering about.
Sort of a "rusty ute in the back 40", kind of moon. Leave it alone and it will eventually go away.
It isn't so much a "Moon" as a resonant co-orbital asteroid. These objects are not uncommon in our solar-system and Jupiter has 100's of them.
Another body with somewhat similar orbital properties is 2006 RH120 which is now confirmed to be an Apollo booster stage that is (for the most part) in a heliocentric orbit but sometimes becomes a temporary 2nd "Moon" of Earth.
I'm not worried about the potentially 'threatening' orbit of Cruithne!
I was just in quest for information on a "second moon", although I was told that the pronunciation was Ka-lin-thi-a; perhaps Cruithhne is this phantom moon though.
Q -Calynthea, ring any bells?
