Earth has caught a 'second moon,' scientists say | Space
WEB1 day ago · 2024 PT5 isn't the first asteroid to be captured by Earth to be transformed into a mini-moon. Scientists have officially documented two prior "short captures," a type of...
Earth’s new ‘companion asteroid’ discovered by UH-operated …
WEBSep 24, 2024 · Earth’s gravitational pull will snag 2024 PT5 between September 29 and November 25, before it escapes the planet’s orbit and continues its journey around the Sun. UH experts describe the orbit of 2024 PT5 as “Earth-like,” meaning that the asteroid is nearly the same distance from the Sun as the Earth and spends all of its time along a ...
Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?
WEB1 day ago · On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.
Earth's Mini-Moon Is Arriving Today. What to Know About Our
WEB3 days ago · An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will enter Earth's orbit, get caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, and then fly away again, back into the solar system. Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons.
Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEBSep 20, 2024 · The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from September 29 to November 25, according to astronomers. Then, the space...
Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon - Scientific …
WEB6 days ago · A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet as a mini moon before swooping back to deep space.
Asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit as temporary 'mini moon'
WEBSep 23, 2024 · The asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, is 33 feet long — roughly equivalent to a standard school bus. The space rock does not pose a threat to Earth, and it is not expected to stick around for long...
Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, …
WEBSep 20, 2024 · Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,” Federica Spoto, an asteroid dynamics researcher at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian, tells Robin...
Earth will get another moon this month — but not for long!
WEBSep 17, 2024 · 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...
2024 PT5 - Wikipedia
WEB2024 PT5 is a near-Earth object roughly 11 meters (36 ft) in diameter discovered by ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland on 7 August 2024, the day before approaching Earth at 568,500 km (353,200 mi). Orbit. The object orbits the Sun but makes slow close approaches to the Earth–Moon system.