Astronomen entdecken bisher unbekannte Quasi-Monate in der Nähe der Erde
http://cnn.com/2025/09/16/science/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
Astronomen entdecken bisher unbekannte Quasi-Monate in der Nähe der Erde
http://cnn.com/2025/09/16/science/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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Astronomers have spotted a quasi-moon near Earth — and the small space rock has likely been hanging out near our planet unseen by telescopes for about 60 years, according to new research.
The newly discovered celestial object, named 2025 PN7, is a type of near-Earth asteroid that orbits the sun but sticks close to our planet. Like our world, 2025 PN7 takes one year to complete an orbit around the sun.
Why call it a quasi-moon when in the article its clearly labeled as an asteroid? At 98 feet across shouldn’t this just be labeled as an asteroid? Not sure what qualifies as a moon these days but surely something larger than 100 feet