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Title: Can you see Earth's second moon? Here's what to know about 2025 PN7
Post by: Buster's Uncle on October 22, 2025, 08:41:27 pm

AZCentral | The Arizona Republic (https://www.azcentral.com/)
Can you see Earth's second moon? Here's what to know about 2025 PN7
Tiffany Acosta, Arizona Republic
Wed, October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM EDT
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Move over moon, Earth has a new partner and it’s a small asteroid named 2025 PN7, now officially recognized by NASA as a quasi-moon.

Unlike the real moon, this space rock doesn’t orbit Earth directly. Instead, it circles the sun right alongside us, keeping pace in a synchronized orbit that makes it appear as though it's following our planet through space.

Discovered by the University of Hawaii, NASA scientists believe this rocky tag-along has been orbiting near Earth for about 60 years and will likely continue until around 2083. 2025 PN7 is 4 million kilometers from Earth, or roughly 10 times farther than the moon.

Here’s how to see the second moon in Arizona.


Can I see the second moon?

No, you can’t see Earth’s “second moon,” at least not without a telescope that has that range. The newly confirmed quasi-moon, officially named 2025 PN7, is far too small and distant to be visible to the naked eye.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/see-earths-second-moon-heres-171254526.html