Ferris-wheel-sized chunk of the Moon is orbiting suspiciously close to Earth
Dec 23, 2021
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WORDS BRANDON SPECKTOR
small asteroid orbiting close to Earth could be a fragment of the Moon that snapped off during an ancient impact, new research finds. If confirmed, that would make the asteroid the first near-Earth object with a known lunar origin; this could help shed light
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