For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long, USA TODAY reports. The asteroid 2024 ...

When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...

Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a second moon this year. This mini moon will loop around our planet from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. This mini moon is actually Asteroid 2024 PT5. It belongs to a ...

The 2020 mini-moon was eventually identified as ... to X of what the asteroid's path will look like. 2024 PT5 has already been near Earth since July. During the event, the asteroid's geocentric ...

2024 PT5 belongs to the Arjuna asteroid ... It will then leave Earth behind but return in 2055. Can we see our mini moon? No, it is too dim to see with backyard telescopes. However, it is in ...