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Asteroid 2024 PT5 to become Earth's 'mini-moon' for 2 months
Earth is about to get a 2nd moon for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.
A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't return until 2055.
Earth is expected to have a mini moon named Asteroid 2024 PT5 until late November
Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple months.
Asteroid 2024 PT5 to become Earth's 'mini-moon' for two months
“Earth can regularly capture asteroids from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population and pull them into orbit, making them mini-moons,” the RNAAS information reads. “Sometimes, these temporary captures do not complete one revolution before dropping out of orbit and returning to their regular heliocentric trajectories.”
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Earth only has one moon. Next week that won't be true.
Earth has captured asteroids and pulled them into orbit with its gravity before, but often these space rocks fly by without ...
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Earth To Get A New Moon On Sept. 29, Scientists Say
Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...
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John Wheeler: Earth will have two moons for a while this fall
John Wheeler is Chief Meteorologist for WDAY, a position he has had since May of 1985. Wheeler grew up in the South, in ...
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