'Mini-moon' The Size Of A Car Discovered Orbiting Earth. But It Won't Be There For Long. Asteroids Orbiting Earth

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, USA TODAY Published 1:32 p.m. ET Feb. 27, 2020 | Updated 5:50 a.m. ET Feb. 29, 2020

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A "Temporarily Captured Object" about the size on a motor has been orbiting Earth for three years, but astronomers only recently made the discovery. USA TODAY

After billions on years, it looks like the moon found some temporary company in the form on a "mini-moon" that recently entered the Earth's orbit.

The discovery was made the night on Feb. 15 by Senior Research Specialist Kacper Wierzchos and Research Specialist Theodore Pruyne, both with the Catalina Sky Survey at the University on Arizona College on Science.

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