Now named asteroid 2024 PT5, it will be captured in Earth's gravitational pull between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25. After that, it will escape Earth's orbit and be pulled toward the sun before continuing ...

The ‘mini-moon’ 2024 PT5 will orbit Earth from September 29 to November 25, before breaking free from the planet's gravitational pull. Earth is set to witness a ‘mini-moon’ called 2024 PT5 ...

The small asteroid named 2024 PT5 will become a temporary mini moon of Earth from September 29 to November 25, 2024. While fascinating, its small size makes it challenging to observe without ...

"You may say that if a true satellite is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers!" This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of ...

In a rare celestial event, an asteroid, named 2024 PT5, heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate. Instead of smashing through the planet’s atmosphere, as usually others do ...

Earth will capture a new mini-moon called 2024 PT5 from September 29 to November 25, 2024. The asteroid, approximately 10 meters wide, will complete one orbit around Earth before resuming its ...

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month. brutto film - stock.adobe.com Our blue moon will no longer be standing ...

Now named 2024 PT5, this roughly 10 metre–wide space rock is harmless to us, with its closest approach expected to be roughly twice the distance to the Moon. From initial observations ...

Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact. Instead, it’ll be what space enthusiasts have dubbed a mini-moon, and it will stick ...

The asteroid, named 2024 PT 5, was discovered on August 7 and measures around 10 meters (33 feet) in diameter. Two astronomers from the Complutense University of Madrid, Carlos de la Fuente ...

From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what scientists think is an asteroid but have dubbed a “mini-moon”—will be looping around Earth. It will ...

The mini-moon, called 2024 PT5, is just 10 meters in diameter. It is 350,000 times smaller than the regular moon, which has a diameter of 3,476 kilometres, and hence, will be undetectable by the ...