Not just one, Earth is secretly possessing 6 small moons

Not just one, the Earth could be surrounded by six "mini-moons" at once – a mysterious cosmic phenomenon that science is only just beginning to decode.

New research published in the journal Icarus by experts shows that in addition to the Moon we know, Earth also has small, fast-moving and short-lived "minimoons". This makes detecting them not easy for astronomers. Photo: Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/iStock/Getty Images.

According to researchers, a significant portion of the "mini-moons" originate from our own Moon. Photo: Grebenkov via Wikimedia Commons.

When asteroids collide with the Moon, the fragments that are ejected into space can temporarily fall into Earth's orbit before continuing their journey through the Solar System. Photo: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images.

These temporary “mini-moons” are typically only 1-2m in size. Despite their small size, they are still able to complete at least one orbit around the Earth before being pulled away by the Sun’s gravity. Photo: Nature Astronomy.

"Minimoons are like transient visitors. A minimoon can last for a few months and then disappear from Earth's orbit as if it had never been there," said astronomer Robert Jedicke of the University of Hawaii, lead author of the study. Photo: Robert Lea/The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel.

Using orbital simulations, the team estimated that there are about 6.5 minimoons orbiting Earth at any given time. Photo: Getty Images.

This is only an estimate because many factors cannot be accurately determined, such as the size of the object, its speed, or the initial direction of impact. Photo: Getty Images.

Researchers hope that with advances in science and technology, recognition algorithms... will help detect "mini-moons" in the future, thereby decoding the mysteries about them as well as activities taking place in the Solar System. Photo: Canva Pro.

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