But Cardea is not a planet or a constellation. She is as a quasi-moon — a very-real type of asteroid that appears to be doing a special orbital dance around Earth. The International Astronomical ...

In truth, however, a quasi-moon follows an orbit around the sun (like an asteroid would) rather than the respective planet itself (like a standard old moon would). The mooniness of a quasi-moon is ...

Asteroids orbiting the sun in a similar path to Earth's, quasi-moons escort our planet on its journey a few centuries at a time. "Being a history buff who like empires, especially Roman ...

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Big picture view: According to the International Astronomical Union, quasi-moons are asteroids that orbit the Sun in a similar way to that of a planet. Because of how they move, it appears to ...

Asteroid 2004 GU9 is now known as Cardea, one of the Roman deities of doors and thresholds with a particular focus on hinges. Cardea is not a real satellite of our planet like the Moon – it is not ...

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A quasi-moon is a large asteroid that orbits a ... it gets close enough to be drawn in by the Earth’s gravity and can go around our planet on its path but doesn’t actually orbit.

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