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NASA Confirms Asteroid 2025 PN7’s 60-Year Earth Orbit

11/6/2025

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed asteroid 2025 PN7, a small quasi-moon, has orbited Earth in sync for about 60 years.
The University of Hawaii discovered the object, which measures between 60 and 118 feet wide.
It will remain in this Earth-synchronous orbit until 2083.
Unlike the Moon, 2025 PN7 follows its own path around the Sun and does not affect tides or gravity.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed asteroid 2025 PN7, a small quasi-moon, has orbited Earth in sync for about 60 years.
The University of Hawaii discovered the object, which measures between 60 and 118 feet wide.
It will remain in this Earth-synchronous orbit until 2083.
Unlike the Moon, 2025 PN7 follows its own path around the Sun and does not affect tides or gravity.