Earth has a new celestial companion, a small asteroid named 2025 PN7, recently confirmed to be our planet’s latest quasi-moon, or quasi-satellite.

According to a new research paper, “Meet Arjuna 2025 PN7,” this space rock has been looping around Earth in a complex orbital dance since the 1960s and will continue to do so until the 2080s.

Discovered in 2025, PN7 belongs to a special group of asteroids known as the Arjuna class, objects that move around the Sun in orbits very similar to Earth’s. These asteroids are not gravitationally bound to our planet like true moons, but they remain nearby for long periods, tracing looping paths that make them appear as if they are orbiting Earth when viewed from a rotating reference frame.

Watch Earth’s newest quasi-moon in motion.

The new paper “Me

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