Space
One Moon Or Two, Are You Likely Seeing Double?
Is there truly another satellite for the Earth now?
Humanity has consistently been scanning the skies ever since the early days of Galileo in 1609 when he learned of the development of the telescope in Holland. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) went on to construct a superior version and made many astronomical discoveries, including ‘mountains and valleys on the surface of the moon, sunspots, the four largest moons of the planet Jupiter and the phases of the planet Venus. His work on astronomy made him famous and he was appointed court mathematician in Florence.’
The very first crediting of the development of the telescope goes back to Hans Lippershey (a Dutch lens maker) in 1608.
No, you don’t need to adjust your glasses or clear the smudges off your own telescope lens, because Earth really does have two moons up there.
This was what initially appeared on Twitter on 4th April 2023:
