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Astronomers have announced that they have discovered a new neighbour in the earth’s skies: asteroid 2025 PN7, confirmed in September 2025 to be the planet’s latest quasi-satellite. (The prefix ‘quasi’ means almost.) First spotted on August 2 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii, 2025 PN7 is a member of the Arjuna asteroid class —…
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Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the “Arjunas”). | Photo Credit: AFP Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s…
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