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The Earth now has another Moon. Kind of.

NASA simulations have revealed that Earth has a new 'quasi-moon' - a celestial body that is sharing an orbit round the Sun with us.

Named 2025 PN7, this small asteroid is not a true Moon as it is not gravitationally bound to Earth, but rather a cosmic companion that appears to follow our planet.

Experts at the Pan-STARRS observatory in Hawaii first spotted the object this summer. It's just 19 metres (62ft) wide and has been following Earth since the 1960s.

Scientists suspect it likely slipped into its current orbit around 1957 - and NASA simulations suggest it will drift away again in 2083. View 3 Images

During that time, 2025 PN7 will swing between roughly 2.5 million and 11 million miles from Earth. That's around 10 to 40 tim

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