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A piece came off the moon and became the second quasi-satellite of the Earth

Earth may have a temporary second moon in orbit, reports InterestingEngineering.

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Our planet may have a second moon, first discovered in 2016, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

It's called Kamo'oalewa, which is Hawaiian for a moving celestial object, and it apparently revolves around the Earth.

But it does not follow the traditional path, but spins along a trajectory similar to a corkscrew.

This object is tiny, only 50 m across.

The scientists who discovered it describe its orbit as a dance.

“This is primarily influenced by the Sun's gravity, but this pattern occurs because it is also - but not quite - in an orbit similar to Earth. So it's kind of a weird dance,” said TIME Magazine graduate student Ben Sharkey of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona, lead author of the paper.

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Where does this wonderful second moon come from?

Well, scientists write in their study that they think it is "lunar material."

This is not hard to believe. In the end, our moon is constantly bombarded by celestial objects, it is quite logical that part of it can fly away, and then end up in close proximity to the Earth.

To prove this, Sharkey turned to a published article on lunar samples delivered by the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.

He found that by comparing the data he was getting through the telescope with what the geologists from the first study found in their rock recognition lab, the results were consistent.

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This means that Kamo'oaleva is not only the second moon of our Earth, but also a small part of our already existing moon.

And this makes her even more beautiful.

However, our extra moon will not stay with us for very long.

Sharkey and others have calculated that in 300 years it will be out of orbit and gone.

Wherever she goes, we wish her the best of luck with her travels.

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