section_path: Origin and orbital characteristics/Temporary satellites
section_name: Temporary satellites
paragraph_text: Temporary satellites
  
  The capture of an asteroid from a heliocentric orbit is not always permanent. According to simulations, temporary satellites should be a common phenomenon. The only observed examples are 1991 VG, 2006 RH 120, 2020 CD 3.
  
  2006 RH 120 was a temporary satellite of Earth for nine months in 2006 and 2007.