# \#pseudo-moon

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## [Is Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa a Chunk of the Moon?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/is-asteroid-469219-kamo-oalewa-a-chunk-of-the-moon/383)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [16 November 2021 13:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/is-asteroid-469219-kamo-oalewa-a-chunk-of-the-moon/383 "2021-11-16T13:18:12Z")

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Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa, discovered in 2016, is a “quasi-moon” of Earth. Although it is in a heliocentric orbit, its orbital eccentricity and inclination causes it, as observed from the Earth, to appea…