Why Earth Gets A New Moon This Weekend — But Only For 57 Days
Technically a “temporarily captured object,” 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth’s newest mini-moon. This 11-meter diameter near-Earth asteroid — about the same as a London bus — is expected to stay in orbit for a couple of months before resuming its own journey through the solar system on Nov. 25.
Earth’s moon getting a Mini-Me starting Sunday
WASHINGTON — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet. When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the globe — but only for about two months.
Earth will capture a miniature, "second moon" this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny ...
Earth is about to get a second moon—a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5—that will orbit the planet for about two months between ...
The Aquarius habitat and research station, run by NASA and Florida International University, is about 3.5 miles away from Key ...
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