A New Minimoon for Earth
By: David Dickinson | June 24, 2016
A recently discovered minimoon, the asteroid known as 2016 HO3, follows Earth in its orbit around the Sun.
Our fair planet has a tiny companion, a minimoon that shares our annual journey around the Sun in a complex dance.
Astronomers recently announced the discovery of 2016 HO3, an asteroid between 40 and 100 meters in size that behaves as Earth's quasi-satellite.
How cool is that? Interested? Read more, here:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/2016-ho3-a-new-minimoon-for-the-earth/
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