New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been traveling alongside our planet since 100 BC

[Duke]

New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been traveling alongside our planet since 100 BC

Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.

www.livescience.com

 

[Ragnar0711]

Very interesting

 

[Lynne]

I wonder if this is something that GWU could see on his telescope? Interesting find Duke.