Earth is about to get its own asteroid 'mini-moon', but only for a ...
WEB1 day ago · A new paper suggests asteroid 2024 PT 5 will become a "mini-moon" from late September to November 25. Scientists occasionally discover asteroids that orbit the Earth for short periods, but 2024 PT ...
Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
WEB19 hours ago · That's what's happening later this month. Asteroid 2024 PT5 is passing so close that it will temporarily join Earth and essentially become a "mini-moon." This happens once in a while with near ...
Earth will soon pick up a new 'mini-moon' but it won't be here for …
WEB1 day ago · A NASA simulation shows the orbit of asteroid 2024 PT5 skimming just inside Earth's orbit around the Sun on September 29, 2024. ... 2024 PT5's 'close encounter' with Earth on January 9, 2025, when ...
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year - CBS News
WEB19 hours ago · But Earth's gravitational pull will draw 2024 PT5 ... An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became ...
Mini-moon to orbit Earth for 2 months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 …
WEB1 day ago · Compared to Earth's moon, which has a diameter of 2,159 miles, asteroid 2024 PT5 is just a tiny spec measuring at about 33 feet wide. That's about the width of a city bus. This is not the first ...
Earth will get another moon this month — but not for long!
WEB3 days ago · This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5. Unlike the moon, Earth's primary companion which has accompanied our planet for around 4 billion years ...
What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon
WEB1 day ago · A true mini-moon would fully orbit Earth at least one time. The 2024 PT5 won’t complete a perfect full orbit. In his article, Carlos, the researcher, said the asteroid would instead follow a ...
Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months
WEB4 days ago · The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug. 7. The space rock will make one complete orbit of our planet between ...
Earth to get an asteroid mini-moon for 2 months
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Earth’s gravity will temporarily capture a newly discovered asteroid named 2024 PT5, creating a mini-moon. According to researchers Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos,...
Nasa issues alert for stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth
WEB3 days ago · The 2024 PT5 asteroid measures only 10 metres across, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Research Notes of the AAS, and once formed part of the Moon.
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