stackyFACTSOur planet is the lonely protagonist of the solar system, but it turns out we have a slightly creepy stalker.
Our planet is the lonely protagonist of the solar system, but it turns out we have a slightly creepy stalker. Kamoʻoalewa is an asteroid roughly the size of a Ferris wheel that orbits the sun but moves in a bizarre, corkscrew pattern that keeps it locked in a synchronized dance with Earth. It's essentially a quasi-moon—a celestial clingy friend that refuses to leave our general vicinity until its orbit eventually shifts millions of years from now.
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