How to duplicate a live 3D object in anther place in a scene?

I have built a game object in Unity that updates its appearance every time the user touches it (collision). What I want is to show the replica of that object in another place in the scene so that whenever the user touches the first object, I see the second object changing in appearance as well. Is there a faster way of doing this without creating a copy of that object in the scene beforehand and changing it everytime a change happens in the first object. I suppose I'm asking if Unity has a way for me to show duplicate copies of an object in a scene without having to create them in the scene beforehand.

 

does this help you?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

 

Thanks! My original object keeps changing in its appearance constantly. Will the clone also keep changing its appearance if I use object.instantiate?