It all starts with a curiosity; The Kamo'oalewa quasi-moon

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It all starts with a curiosity; The Kamo'oalewa quasi-moon



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This is the first photo that the Space Agency has published that it has sent of the Chinese space probe TianWen 2 is heading towards a very curious asteroid, in fact, the media calls it “mysterious”, we know more or less what a quasi-moon is, it is small from 40 to 100 meters, it does not pose a danger to the Earth, but it is believed that it is a piece of our Moon and that it is in Earth's orbit.


It is going to approach up to 1 and a half million kilometers and it is called Kamo'oalewa and it was discovered in 2016. The Chinese want to land on this very small asteroid. I don't think this term can be used, because there is not enough gravity for you to unite with the asteroid. long ago dislodged by a colossal impact.


But it could be something else, maybe it is an asteroid that came from further away and was trapped in this orbit near the Earth, we don't know, Kamo'oalewa is a Hawaiian name that means "piece of something" or "piece of something", in this case a piece of the moon.




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