Earth To Get A New Moon On Sept. 29, Scientists Say
Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid that’s about to be captured by our planet for a short time before being released back into the solar system to orbit the sun.
There will be a 'mini-moon' in orbit around Earth this fall
The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent study. After it completes its mini-moon episode, it will stick around Earth’s neighborhood until January. After that, it will not return until 2055.
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Earth Is Getting a New ‘Mini Moon’ for the Next Two Months, Astronomers SayMeet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,” Federica Spoto, an asteroid dynamics researcher at ...
A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...
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‘Mini-moon’ set to orbit Earth next week for a limited timeStarting next week an asteroid about the size of a school bus will be temporarily caught by the Earth’s gravity. It’s called ...
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Later this month, an asteroid called 2024 PT5 will be joining Earth's orbit, becoming a mini-moon. The mini-moon will be in ...
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