Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa loops...
SCIENCE
July 02, 2026
A tiny “quasi-moon” called Kamoʻoalewa shadows Earth’s orbit and may be a piece of the actual Moon blasted into space by an ancient impact — and China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft is now closing in to bring a sample back to Earth.
Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa loops along beside our planet as a “quasi-moon,” and there is...
Earth has one Moon, but it does not travel entirely alone. A small asteroid called Kamoʻoalewa loops along beside our planet as a “quasi-moon,” and there is...
Author: Space Daily
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