New 'mini-moon' orbiting Earth ? for now, astronomers say
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On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object."This site is protected by recaptcha Privacy Policy | Terms of ServiceWierzchos said that the object measures about 6 feet to 11 feet across and that its orbit suggests that it entered Earth's orbit around three years ago.Download the NBC News app for breaking newsHe added that the discovery is a "big deal" because, out of roughly 1 million known space rocks, this is "just the second asteroid known to orbit Earth (after 2006 RH120, which was also discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey)."BIG NEWS (thread 1/3).
As said here by Denise Chow