Earth's Newest Companion
This picture is an artist's impression of a new-found asteroid called Asteroid 2016 HO3. It turns out that for more than 100 years, this little asteroid has accompanied the Earth as it orbits around the Sun!
Credit:
Mark A. Garlick, Space-art.co.uk / University of Warwick / University of Cambridge.
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