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2025 PN7 is a small, dim asteroid that appears to orbit Earth, according to EarthSky. Believed to be a piece of the moon that blasted out, the object has been in its orbit as a quasi-moon for about 60 ...
In a celestial plot twist that no one expected, the Earth has recently acquired a brand new moon for the grand total of two. The new “moon” is actually a fairly small asteroid, unimaginatively named ...
NORFOLK, Va. — The Earth is getting a second moon! But it's only for about two months, and you won't be able to see it with the naked eye. The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in ...
E veryone knows Earth has one moon. That big, bright object in the night sky is the Moon with a capital M. But astronomers ...
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