It's simple logic. I'm worried that the Moon's proximity to Earth might make an orbiting Submoon impossible.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:06,
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99942
could be a contender
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Steerable_forehead Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration,don't fail me now,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:08,
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But that doesn't orbit the Moon.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:12,
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Also, HOLY SHIT WIKIPEDIA IS DOWN.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:12,
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might do,
just needs to slow down a tad and then we got it =)
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Steerable_forehead Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration,don't fail me now,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:14,
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Oh you're suggesting we catch it! Hell yeah!
I'll make the net, you go find a really LONG ladder.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:15,
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Net making commenced
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Steerable_forehead Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration,don't fail me now,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:16,
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I mean, you should be able to fit the orbit of a lower mass object inbetween the orbit of the Earth and the Moon, but would the Earth's gravity distort the Submoon's orbit so much it couldn't be stable?
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:08,
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Thats
one of the many many theories of comet creation that is, near misses from asteroids around atmospheric planets, somehow in their wake they collect a bit of atmosphere, it freezes and then does the whole gas emission thingy when it warms up a bit.
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Steerable_forehead Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration,don't fail me now,
Wed 24 Mar 2010, 20:13,
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