Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group ...
The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event ...
29 to Nov. 25. This mini moon is actually Asteroid 2024 PT5. It belongs to a group called Arjuna asteroids, which have orbits similar to Earth's. Because it will come close to Earth at a slow ...
flinging it back into the Arjuna asteroid belt. This is not the first time we have had a mini-moon circling Earth. Astronomers have spotted a few, and researchers believe that many others have ...
Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!
Brilliant Jupiter rises at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and by twilight on Nov. 30. It can be found in the constellation Taurus at ...
the mini-moon won't be around for too long. Earth's temporary capture of the asteroid will end on November 25 of this year, and it will go back to being a part of the Arjuna asteroid belt.
Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week ... of rain as 'Indian summer' hopes shattered It belongs to the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of space rocks in the solar system that ...
The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published in ...