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  • Near-Earth asteroid was blasted from a crater on the moon, study finds

    04/30/2024 6:44:38 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    University of Arizona ^ | April 25, 2024 | Daniel Stolte, University Communications
    ...Unlike most near-Earth asteroids, which are thought to hail from the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, asteroid 2016 HO3, also known as Kamo'oalewa, was likely blasted from the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's far side and has been hurtling through space for several million years...Measuring between 150 and 190 feet in diameter, the asteroid is about half the size of the "London Eye" Ferris wheel...Previous research pointing to Kamo'oalewa likely originating from the moon included its reflectance spectrum, which is more compatible with lunar materials rather than the general population of near-Earth asteroids, and...