Le 26/02/2020 Ã* 23:23, a425couple a écritÂ*:
from
https://www.cnet.com/news/astronomer...new-mini-moon/

(So, is this reporter, just doing like, a Junior High journalism
project, or has he found something past what wikipedia knows about?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claimed_moons_of_Earth


Astronomers say Earth might have a new mini-moon
An asteroid has apparently been caught in our planet's gravity.

Sean Keane
February 26, 2020 7:08 AM PST
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Earth, as seen from the Moon in 1968, could have pulled a new mini-moon
into its gravity.

We could have a new space neighbor, at least for a while. Astronomers at
the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey reckon they've spotted an asteroid
that's caught in Earth's gravity.

"Earth has a new temporarily captured object/Possible mini-moon called
2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy
Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object," Kacper Wierzchos tweeted
Tuesday.

Kacper Wierzchos
@WierzchosKacper
BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured
object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my
Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude
object. Here are the discovery images.

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Wierzchos calculated that the asteroid is between 1.9 and 3.5 meters in
diameter. The Minor Planet Center acknowledged the near-Earth object,
and it apparently entered Earth's orbit around three years ago. The
Catalina Sky Survey is based at the University of Arizona's Lunar and
Planetary Lab in Tucson.

It's the second asteroid that's known to have entered Earth's orbit. The
previous one, 2006 RH120, was also discovered by the CSS and orbited
Earth for 18 months over 2006 and 2007, as noted by science writer Corey
S. Powell.

The CSS didn't respond to a request for comment.

First published Feb. 26, 4:35 a.m. PT.
Updates 5:14 a.m. PT: Adds more detail, 7:08 a.m. PT: Corrects diameter
from miles to meters.


It has only been existing around for three years

And it's strictly unstable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CD3

And it's not the first

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_VG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_RH120