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After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon

After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon

For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds. On Monday, she joined the celestial ranks of fellow mythological figures like Mars, Venus and Andromeda. But Cardea is not a planet or a constellation. She is as a quasi-moon — a very-real type of asteroid that appears to be …

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