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A New 'Quasi-Moon' Has Been Discovered Near Earth and Will Stick Around For Another 60 Years
Earth's quasi-moons are not actually moons, but temporary asteroids that eventually leave Earth’s orbit A new "quasi-moon" named 2025 PN7 has been discovered, according to a newly-released paper ...
The Earth has just added its seventh confirmed quasi-lunar moon. It is 2025 PN7, a small Apollo-type asteroid detected in August solely by its brightness, thanks to the Hawaiian Pan-STARRS 1 telescope ...
The recently spotted asteroid 2025 PN7 appears to be the source of the rumor mill about Earth's supposed second moon. Earth has several quasi-moons that get their name due to the fact that they ...
You may have heard a lot of online chatter about Earth's two moons recently, but that doesn't quite get the discovery right. Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon ...
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