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What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?

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What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« on: 18/06/2021 11:08:35 »
What things would or might happen?
« Last Edit: 18/06/2021 11:13:41 by Pseudoscience-is-malarkey »
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Re: What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« Reply #1 on: 18/06/2021 11:28:14 »
Quote from: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 18/06/2021 11:08:35
What things would or might happen?
Whatever the writter of that bit of fiction wanted to happen.
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Re: What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« Reply #2 on: 18/06/2021 13:05:28 »
It becoming bigger would have no direct effect on it becoming a moon of Earth. For that to happen, it would already need to be a moon now, that is, it would need to have negative total mechanical energy relative to Earth. But that total energy is positive, so it isn't a moon.
So I guess it all depends on how this new mass is added. If done in such a way that reduces its total energy relative to Earth, then it might be bent into an orbital path.  A tiny bit of mass would do if applied at the right time with the correct momentum, and it somehow didn't blow the rock to bits.
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Re: What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« Reply #3 on: 18/06/2021 23:26:40 »
Quote from: Halc on 18/06/2021 13:05:28
It becoming bigger would have no direct effect on it becoming a moon of Earth. For that to happen, it would already need to be a moon now, that is, it would need to have negative total mechanical energy relative to Earth. But that total energy is positive, so it isn't a moon.
My bad, I thought that small piece of space rock was orbiting us. Plus, even if it was in orbit and it was getting bigger, obviously, it would take at least a thousand years for it to become big enough to be a threat in that way I guess.
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Re: What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« Reply #4 on: 20/06/2021 00:01:39 »
1036 Ganymed is a near-Earth asteroid (not to be confused with Jupiter's moon Ganymede, which stays far from Earth...)
- It's present orbit crosses the orbit of Mars, but does not approach the Sun as closely as the Earth does.
- But that could change next time it gets close to Mars (an infrequent event), which would disturb the orbit of 1036 Ganymed

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1036_Ganymed
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Re: What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« Reply #5 on: 20/06/2021 12:36:43 »
Quote from: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 18/06/2021 23:26:40
...it was getting bigger,...
How?
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Re: What if 1036 Ganymed becomes bigger and becomes Earth's 2nd moon?
« Reply #6 on: 22/06/2021 00:23:57 »
Quote from: Bored chemist on 20/06/2021 12:36:43
Quote from: Pseudoscience-is-malarkey on 18/06/2021 23:26:40
...it was getting bigger,...
How?
By cannibalizing dust and rocks that get too close to it?
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