Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB2 days 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!
WEB5 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 Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, …
WEB1 day ago · After asteroid 2024 PT5 departs its terrestrial orbit, it will continue swinging around the sun, making its next pit stop at Earth in 2055. If you miss these two visits, the next mini-moon might ...
What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon
WEB3 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 will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
WEB2 days 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 get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year - CBS News
WEB2 days 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
WEB2 days ago · This new mini-moon, honored with a name only an astrophysicist could love—2024 PT5—is truly a pipsqueak. Measuring just 33 meters long, the moon isn’t even as long as a typical airliner.
A new 'mini-moon' comes to Earth this fall | Connecticut Public
WEB15 hours ago · In simple terms, a mini-moon is a space object that is temporarily captured in a planet's orbit, as opposed to regular moons, which are permanent fixtures. The researchers say 2024 PT5 will travel around the Earth in a “horseshoe” path for about two months, from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. But there’s some disagreement among scientists about ...
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,...
Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months
WEB6 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...