In the vast expanse of our solar system, Earth has long been accompanied by its familiar lunar companion, but recent astronomical observations have unveiled a hidden celestial tagalong: a quasi-moon named 2025 PN7. This small asteroid, measuring just about …

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… path has shifted between a horseshoe orbit — which loops around Earth’s …

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… Earth as Trojan orbits and horseshoe orbits. Trojan orbits involve celestial bodies … or behind our planet, and horseshoe orbits are when a body changes … start to follow Trojan or horseshoe orbits in time, while some asteroids …

… Kamoʻoalewa’s. During the horseshoe orbit, the space rock can … pulls it back into a horseshoe orbit.Questions remain about the … Kamoʻoalewa’s. During the horseshoe orbit, the space rock can … pulls it back into a horseshoe orbit. Questions remain about the …

… Earth as Trojan orbits and horseshoe orbits. Trojan orbits involve celestial bodies … or behind our planet, and horseshoe orbits are when a body changes … start to follow Trojan or horseshoe orbits in time, while some asteroids …

… change, eventually switching to a horseshoe orbit. It will appear to be …

… to eventually return to a horseshoe orbit as its path changes again …

… orbital pattern, such as a horseshoe orbit. 2025 PN7 is a relatively … orbital pattern, such as a horseshoe orbit, due to gravitational influences from …