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A new asteroid has been discovered orbiting the Earth, interacting only weakly with the planet in a way that classifies the object as a 'quasi-moon'.

The Earth has a newly discovered neighbor in the form of a"quasi-moon" that appears to be following us around through space.

Its looping orbit around the Earth makes it a quasi-moon or quasi-satellite, of which there are only a few others.

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