Earth's New Quasi-Moon: The Tiny Asteroid That Shares Our Orbit
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Astronomers have discovered a tiny quasi-moon called 2025 PN7 that has been orbiting the sun alongside Earth for about 60 years, providing a rare opportunity for long-term study of such objects, which are not true moons but asteroids sharing Earth's orbital path.
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