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New asteroid found to be orbiting Earth
short by Swarnim Bagre / on Saturday, 18 June, 2016
NASA scientists have discovered an asteroid, named 2016 HO3, orbiting the sun that also appears to circle around Earth. It has a slightly tilted orbit, bouncing up and down through Earth's orbital plane. Described as the best example of a "quasi-satellite", the asteroid has been Earth's stable quasi-satellite for almost a century and will remain one for centuries, researchers said.
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