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Earth’s Quasi-Moon Finally Has A Name, Honoring The Roman Goddess Of... Hinges
Earth has seven known quasi-moons. Of those, only one had received ... The other final names from which Cardea was picked were the following: Bakunawa – A mythical dragon from Philippine ...
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Strange 'quasi-moon' of Earth gets named Cardea, after goddess of door hinges
The goal was to find a name for one of Earth's seven known quasi-moons ... has an equally rich history. There was "Bakunawa," in reference to a moon-eating, serpent-like dragon in Filipino ...