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		lyxsus on March 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earth might have a tiny new moon But could we keep it if we wanted to? Is it possible to make any use out of it?

mkl on March 5, 2020 [–]

No much point - it's tiny. A Falcon 9 can put 3-4 times [1] that mass (~4,900kg [2]) into a stable low Earth orbit.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_s...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CD3

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