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Mike Wall

Strange "quasi-moon" of Earth will get one of these 7 names

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A weird "quasi-moon" of Earth is about to get a name — and you can be part of the process.

Earlier this year, the science podcast Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) — the organization that assigns official names to celestial bodies and their surface features — announced a contest to name the asteroid (164207) 2004 GU9.

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