New ‘mini-moon’ orbiting Earth

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Earth now has a second moon!

The mini-moon, believed to be an asteroid, is what’s known as a “temporarily captured object” , one that has entered the Earth’s orbit but is likely to exit it back into the solar system.

The latest TCO, roughly 2-3.5 metres in diameter, was discovered by the NASA-backed Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona.

 

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There's about 7 moons that orbit the Earth, this is nothing new.

Does it have a grumpy face like the “face” on Mars? If so it is just going through one of its phases. moon photography camera space mars face grumpy

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