The new study suggests that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt—a collection of diverse space rocks that ...
PT5 will orbit Earth like a mini-moon for about two months before rejoining an asteroid belt orbiting the sun. It will take ...
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Though the mini-moon will only be in Earth’s orbit for about two months, it’ll stay close to the planet for a few months, ...
An asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as ...
The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...
The tiny asteroid, which researchers named "2024 PT5," will temporarily orbit Earth before returning to an asteroid belt ...
The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.
The Earth has pulled in moons of this type before but none have ever stuck around as long as the moon we know.
"You may say that if a true satellite is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers!" This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of ...
However, unlike our permanent lunar companion, this "mini-moon" will only stick around for about two months before returning to its usual orbit within the Arjuna asteroid belt. A Window Shopper ...