How scientists found Earth's new minimoon and why it won't stay here forever

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A weird "minimoon" found circling Earth likely won't be there long.

The scientists who discovered the object on Feb. 15 estimate that, because of the instability of its path through space, the minimoon will likely leave Earth's orbit sometime in April.

asteroid. And although the object poses no danger to Earth, it does show how changeable our neighborhood is.
How scientists found Earth's new minimoon and why it won't stay here forever | Space

I was excited for a sec and then realized that we are calling it a minimoon but we aren't sure what it is. Hmmm...
 

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