Our planet does have a new travel buddy in the form of a tiny quasi-moon that will be with us for another 60 years.

No, the Earth does not have two moons, stressed Dr Alfredo Carpineti, a science writer for IFLScience. Dr Carpineti, the author of the upcoming astronomy book, Invisible Rainbows, told Metro that this is because 2025 PN7 doesn’t orbit Earth like the Moon does.

Those social media and other reports that the Earth now has two moons appear to be off the mark by about a moon. Astronomers assure that we still have only one, true lunar satellite and that the object garnering all the buzz is a so-called quasi moon, technically a “quasi satellite,” known as 2025 PN7.

NASA has confirmed the existence of a new second moon which will orbit Earth for quite some time. If you’ve gotten used to only having the one moon, it’s time to adapt, because now that we’ve got two, you’re going to have to get used to people asking ‘which one’ when we talk about the bigger of the two.

Unlike the moon with which we are familiar, which is 2,159 miles wide and located about 239,000 miles away, according to NASA, 2025 PN7 has been branded the “smallest and least stable” of the six quasi-moons that have had Earth-like orbits, sitting at a puny 19 metres wide.