Newly Discovered Asteroid Is a Weird 'Mini Moon' on a 200-Year Visit to Earth

The space rock looks to have been captured by our planet's gravity over 60 years ago.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 42 words · Hector Cochran

The curious space rock was first observed on Dec. 15.

A new co-orbital asteroid for Earth?

Previous “mini moons” included asteroids2020 CD3and2006 RH120, but both only stayed for a relatively short time.

There have been mini-moon false alarms in the recent past.