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Why can not our moon have its own moon?
Scientific photo library – ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI
Scientists are studying the possibility that a smaller moon will circle a larger moon and that really adorable names are being launched.
One name is "moonmoon", according to New Scientist.
No moon known to have a moon, but Sean Raymond and Juna Kollmeier, astronomers working on paper entitled "Can moons have moons?" argue that the existence of such a moon is possible if the conditions are met.
For example, the moon should not be too small or too close to the host planet. These factors could destabilize its orbit due to tidal forces and, as a result, cause the moon to collide with host planets or possibly be "suppressed". Theoretically, any of Saturn's moons (Titan and Iapetus), Jupiter's moon Callisto or even our own moon could have a moonmoon, astronomers wrote.
Raymond and Kollmeier call this hypothetical moon "submoon" in the newspaper. Other scientists exploring the same topic have called it "moon-moon".
These names are only two other suggestions. Other possible names include "moonlet", "moonito", "moonette" and "grandmoon".
If you ask me, this is "Submoons" (hence the title of our article !!!). But the Internet has brought a wide variety of names and associated joy and for that I am delighted: Moonlet, Moonmoon, Moonito, Moonette, Moonlet, Grandmoon, Metamoon …#letsasklevi
– Juna A. Kollmeier (@thejunaverse) October 10, 2018
The International Astronomical Union decide on its final name, but netizens are already having fun with "moonmoon".
moonmoon is now my favorite term of tenderness, going beyond the meatballs and the beautiful slingshot
– moonmoon sicardi (@arabellesicardi) October 10, 2018
Astronomers are apparently not very good at naming things.
– Ben (月) (@ Ben48907094) October 10, 2018
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