Yahoo · 55m
For Two Months, Earth Will Gain a ‘Mini-Moon’
On Sept. 29, the Earth will temporarily get a second moon. A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit before being released from our planet’s gravitational pull. NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) spotted the little asteroid on Aug.
Local 24 News · 9m
No, you will not be able to see Earth's 'mini moon' in the night sky
A mini-moon is a “temporarily captured orbiter” if it completes at least one full orbit of the Earth before returning to its usual orbit around the Sun. If a mini-moon is captured by Earth’s gravity but doesn’t make it around for a full orbit, it’s a “temporarily captured flyby” instead.
Forbes · 1h
Why Earth Gets A New Moon This Weekend — But Only For 57 Days
Technically a “temporarily captured object,” 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth’s newest mini-moon. This 11-meter diameter near-Earth asteroid — about the same as a London bus — is expected to stay in orbit for a couple of months before resuming its own journey through the solar system on Nov. 25.
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