This is what led to 14-mile wide crater on Moon

New research revealed for the first time the actual origin of an asteroid that has turned itself into a quasi-moon orbiting our Earth after it was broken from our planet’s natural satellite.

According to the findings published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the asteroid is called Space Rock 2016 HJ03 — also known as Kamo'oalewa.

When the asteroid left the Moon after being hit by an even bigger space rock — at least 1 kilometre in diameter — millions of years ago, it left a 14-mile-wide crater on the lunar surface, reported Express UK.

The space rock has been orbiting Earth for millions of years as it was identified in 2016.

This asteroid is considered different as usually the space rocks orbiting the Moon come from between Mars and Jupiter.

Experts believe that the asteroid came from the Giordano Bruno crater on our Moon.

Kamo'oalewa is measured between 150 and 190 feet in diameter.

Lead study author Yifei Jiao of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory claimed that this is the first time a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid has been linked to a specific lunar crater.

Erik Asphaug, co-author and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory professor, said: "This was a surprise, and many were sceptical that it could come from the Moon."

Asphaug said that Kamo'oalewa is kind of a missing link that connects the link between the other space rocks and meteorites."

"While Kamo'oalewa comes from a lifeless planet, it demonstrates how rocks ejected from Mars could carry life at least in principle," he said.