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The Space Rock From The Moon
20 minutes Posted Dec 11, 2021 at 5:00 pm.
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SCI016: That’s no moon! Caroline tells Lindsay and Lino that astronomers have discovered a quasi-moon companion of Earth that may in fact be a piece of the Moon that broke off from it eons ago. Plus NASA’s mission to defend our planet from killer space rocks.
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* Lunar-like silicate material forms the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) 2016 HO3 Kamoʻoalewa | Communications Earth & Environment
* A ‘quasi-moon’ asteroid companion of Earth that may actually be a moon relic | Space
* A space rock called Kamoʻoalewa may be a piece of the moon | Science News


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