May 7, 2024

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DOES EARTH HAVE A NEW QUASI-MOON?

Sky & Telescope

BY: DAVID L. CHANDLER 

APRIL 7, 2023

Recently discovered asteroid 2023 FW13 has created a bit of a stir among asteroid watchers. It turns out to be on an orbit that is not only in a 1:1 resonance with the Earth, but follows a path that actually circles Earth — albeit on an orbit that is so eccentric that it sweeps out halfway to Mars and in halfway to Venus.

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