Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, …
WEB22 hours ago · A roughly 33-foot-long asteroid called 2024 PT5 will chart a horseshoe-like path around our planet Shi En Kim Reporter In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion ...
Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB1 day ago · Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our ...
Earth will get another moon this month — but not for long!
WEB4 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 ...
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year - CBS News
WEB1 day ago · But Earth's gravitational pull will draw 2024 PT5 towards it and, much like our moon, it will orbit our planet — but only for 56.6 days.. While other non-Earth objects, or NEOs, have entered ...
The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon—but Only for About a Month
WEB1 day ago · Named 2024 PT5, the rock is only 33 meters long and will form a kind of horseshoe-like orbit around Earth from September 29 to November 5 before leaving Earth’s orbit.
Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
WEB2 days ago · In the case of 2024 PT5, it is expected to be captured by Earth from Sept. 29 until Nov. 25. Afterward, it will remain in the neighbourhood — near Earth — until some time after Jan. 9, 2025.
What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon
WEB2 days 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 to get a mini-moon for two months, but what is it?
WEB12 hours ago · In that year, 2006 RH120, the Earth’s first confirmed mini-moon with a diameter of about 2 to 4 metres was captured in Earth’s orbit for roughly a year. This was the only mini-moon to have ...
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, the...
Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months
WEB5 days ago · The space rock will make one complete orbit of our planet between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 before escaping Earth's gravity. Yet despite this 57-day close flyby of our planet, the asteroid will be hard ...