The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth’s neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit.

Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be like Pandora, the planet from “Avatar” where multiple moons can be seen in the sky at night, are sadly still just science fiction.

We still just have our one natural satellite, 239,000 miles away from Earth, but the discovery of asteroid 2025 PN7 in August has excited astronomers and fueled chatter about a second moon.

Here’s what to know.

DOES EARTH HAVE TWO MOONS?

Earth does not have two moons, as asteroid 2025 PN7 is what is known as a quasi-moon because it orbits the sun in a similar path to the Earth.

Multiple quasi-moons have been discovered. Since the 1990s, the number of known ast

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