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Earth’s wobbly companion is probably the result of a lunar impact, reckon space boffins – The Register

Reflected light points to Moon-like material on recently discovered rock

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A freshly discovered train-sized rock that tags along with Earth as a constant companion orbiting the Sun is most likely a fragment of the Moon resulting from an ancient lunar impact.
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