A Piece Of Moon Has Detached And Is Approaching Earth

It seems that the problems in space are more important problems than those on Earth. Let’s see … this concerns a very small asteroid that revolves around the Earth and the Sun: first of all, it could be a lost fragment of the Moon; second, it could become dangerous for us.

This piece of rock is called Kamo`oalewa. It is a Hawaiian song: it refers to the wobbly celestial bodies.

The rock that astronomers unearthed in space immediately seemed unusual. It did not match any asteroid that space experts were familiar with.

In fact, it is a quasi-satellite: it orbits the Earth and the Sun and has a very particular orbit. The rock had a reflected light pattern like the one the astronauts had brought down to Earth from the Moon.

So the scientists deduced that it was a lunar fragment.

A fragment that has been defined as Shy: it does not come closer than 14 million kilometers from Earth and often hides in the shadows. The mysterious thing is it will not remain in this orbit…that’s frightening!

It showed up 500 years ago, and in the next 300 years, its orbit is bound to change. This is what the experts theorize. They also explained that it is not the only fragment that is up there in space and could change orbit. But, they probably all…