Scientists recently discovered an asteroid that tags along with Earth during its yearly journey around the sun.
Dubbed 2023 FW13, the space rock is considered a "quasi-moon" or "quasi-satellite," meaning it orbits the sun in a similar time frame as Earth does, but is only slightly influenced by our planet’s gravitational pull.
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Astronomers recently identified this quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.… https://t.co/sBAEueu3Vr SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu Jun 01 17:15:13 +0000 2023
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