Physicists work out what number of moons Earth may have

Simulations recommend that Earth may theoretically host two extra moons the scale of the one we have now, or a number of smaller moons

Earth could theoretically host two more moons the same size as the current moon. If the extra moons were smaller, it could have even more.

A simulation exhibits that Earth may host three moon-sized moons

Billy Quarles

Earth may theoretically host two extra moons the identical measurement as the present moon. If the additional moons had been smaller, our planet may host much more.

The bigger planets in our photo voltaic system have much more moons than the smaller, rocky worlds – Jupiter has not less than 79 moons, whereas Mars has two, Venus has none, and Earth solely has the one. Intrigued by this reality, Suman Satyal on the College of Texas at Arlington and his colleagues got down to …