Earth's temporay mini-moon
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Budgieye
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This asteroid might be in some of our images, but faint, at mag 21.
http://arksky.org/calendar/alerts/714-what-is-it-the-strange-new-object-2016-ho3
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/2016-ho3-a-new-minimoon-for-the-earth/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sky-mya-nl-160624&utm_content=857468_SKY_HP_eNL_160624&utm_medium=email has an animation of orbit
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