Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB2 days ago · CNN — 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...
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 between...
Mini-moon to orbit Earth for 2 months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 …
WEB3 days ago · Compared to Earth's moon, which has a diameter of 2,159 miles, asteroid 2024 PT5 is just a tiny spec measuring at about 33 feet wide. That's about the width of a city bus.
Earth's mini moon: What to know about September's second moon
WEB2 days ago · Asteroid 2024 PT5 is poised to become a temporary mini moon of Earth, a phenomenon that will last for about two months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 belongs to a group called Arjuna asteroids, which have...
Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'
WEB3 days ago · Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini-moon," according to astronomers. Starting from Sept. 29, the asteroid ...
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the other had been discovered only 13 …
New images reveal tiny moon around asteroid as it flies by Earth - CNN
WEBJul 6, 2024 · Scientists at NASA collected radar images as two asteroids made recent close passes of Earth, and the data revealed that one of the space rocks has a tiny moon.
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
WEB1 day ago · The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object.
Airplane-size asteroid will have 'very close encounter' with Earth …
WEBJan 26, 2024 · Asteroid 2024 BJ, which astronomers detected earlier this month, will zoom within 220,000 miles of Earth tomorrow, or closer to us than the average distance to the moon.