US EditionIt Is Not a Second Moon: the Object that Accompanies the Earth and Baffles Astronomy
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A small rocky body identified as 2025 PN7 accompanies the Earth in its journey around the Sun. The finding aroused scientific and popular interest. Astronomers clarified that it is not a second Moon. The object corresponds to a quasi-moon, a category known in orbital dynamics.Modern astronomy explained that these bodies do not orbit directly to the Earth. Their trajectory around the Sun coincides closely with that of the planet. That relationshi…
The recent discovery of object 2025 PN7 sparked curiosity by suggesting that Earth has “another moon.” Astronomers dismiss this: it is a quasi-moon, a small rocky body that orbits the Sun with a period almost identical to Earth's. From our perspective, it appears to trace loops around the planet, but it is not gravitationally bound like the Moon. Why isn't this object considered a moon, and why is it so close to Earth? Experts in orbital dynami…
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