Earth Gets A Mini-Moon For Two Months
What you need to know about ‘mini-moon’ visiting Earth for the second time
The 33ft asteroid - known as 2024 PT5 asteroid - will orbit Earth for a couple of months. Here's how you can see it
Earth Is Getting Another 'Moon' This September, but Only for 2 Months
The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.
Can you see Earth's new 'minimoon' with the naked eye?
Snagged by Earth's gravity during an unusually close approach, this "minimoon" is predicted to orbit our planet for just 57 days; on Nov. 25, the asteroid will break free of Earth's influence and resume its regular orbit of the sun without a chaperone,
Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, that's a prime opportunity.
Earth's new mini-moon swings by, then ghosts us by late November
No need for farewells, 2024 PT5 may drop in again in 2055 Everybody be on their best behavior: Earth has a visitor. 2024 PT5 is an asteroid that took up residence in orbit on Sunday to become a "mini-moon.
Earth has a second moon
Earth's new mini moon: Will we be able to see it in Illinois?
Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a mini moon — a tiny asteroid called Asteroid 2024 PT5. Local educators tell us whether we'll be able to see it and if we can watch it.
Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months
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. The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in Sutherland,
The Earth has a new "mini moon" for the next 2 months!
The Earth has a new companion for the next 2 months! A passing asteroid named 2024 PT5 has become gravitationally tethered to the Earth for about the next 8 weeks. The asteroid is about 24 feet wide,
Earth gains a new mini-moon: Asteroid 2024 PT5 joins the orbit
From September 29 to November 25, Earth will have two natural satellites. In addition to the Moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, also known as the mini-moon, will orbit the Earth. Asteroid 2024 PT5 was identified on August 7 of this year using the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System).
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