That’s no moon…

…at least according to this article it isn’t, but it is a “quasi-satellite.”  They do say in about 5,000 years or so it might become one of Earth’s moons for a while.  The interesting thing about this particular satellite (it’s natural) is the orbital configuration, which scientists label co-orbital.  Such a weird one coinciding with the Earth’s…and it’s not the only one.  Read the article to figure out the other ones.

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