Article 59YP1 New moon? Scientists claim the Earth’s satellite may have a ‘dead ringer’

New moon? Scientists claim the Earth’s satellite may have a ‘dead ringer’

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An asteroid hidden behind Mars has been found to closely resemble our moon. Is it a fragment that broke off billions of years ago?


Name: (101429) 1998 VF31 (AKA: the Moon's Sister).

Age: 4.5bn years, give or take.

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