smoke-frog
smoke-frog t1_iwtxyhb wrote
I was under the impression that a 2 body system would be needed to capture a 3rd. That is if an object of the correct mass passed by the moon from a certain trajectory, its heliocentric orbit could be changed enough to be captured by the earth. Not sure what that says about Phobos and Deimos though!
smoke-frog t1_j13dmd1 wrote
Reply to comment by apworker37 in Leak Inspection Finds Hole in Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS by darthatheos
The debris from disintegration is not gravitationally bound, and will spread over huge distances with time.