6Q0B44E

6Q0B44E, sometimes abbreviated to B44E, is a small object or probably an item of space debris, that is currently orbiting Earth outside the orbit of the Moon as of November 2018. 
== Discovery ==
6Q0B44E was first observed by Catalina Sky Survey researchers at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona on 28 August 2006. The sighting was confirmed the next day by observations at the Siding Spring Survey and Table Mountain Observatory.
== Observations ==
6Q0B44E was spotted at what was later calculated to be the brightest part of its orbit, at 19th magnitude. As the object moved away from Earth, its brightness dropped on an approximately six-month cycle down to 28th magnitude, severely limiting study.
The object was observed 56 times in the seven months after its discovery, but was lost in March 2007. Another unidentified satellite of Earth, XL8D89E, was discovered in June 2016 on a similar - but not identical - orbit. It is likely, though unproven, that both 6Q0B44E and XL8D89E are the same object, with the orbit shifted in the intervening decade by non-gravitational accelerations (such as slow escape of gas).
Category:Artificial Object
Category:Temporary Satellite
Category:Inner Solar System Object
Category:Objects Not in Hydrostatic Equilibrium
Category:Objects with No Atmosphere
Category:Unnamed Objects
Category:Unnamed Minor Planets
Category:Numbered Objects
Category:Numbered Minor Planets