KWAH-zee-SAT-ah-lite n. A body that orbits the sun and appears to orbit Earth. Asteroid 2016 HO3 appears to orbit Earth, but that’s just an illusion. As the space rock loops around the sun, it plays ...

In case you missed it, Earth has a second moon. “Our calculations indicate 2016 HO3 has been a stable quasi-satellite of Earth for almost a century,” a June 15, 2016, NASA release attests, “and it ...

Turns out the moon isn't the only object hanging around Earth. Scientists discovered an asteroid named 2016 HO3 that sticks so close to Earth as it orbits the sun that astronomers have labeled it a ...

A small asteroid has been discovered in an orbit around the sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, and it will remain so for centuries to come. As it orbits the sun, this new asteroid, ...

Asteroid 2016 HO3 has an orbit around the sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth. Earth has only one true natural satellite: the moon. But now scientists have found a fellow satellite of ...

The Earth has one satellite, right? That fact is so solid, we just call it the Moon with a capital M. But due to a trick of gravity and timing, there are other objects out in space that aren’t really ...

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