Earth has got a new mini-moon for the next couple of days and it has fascinated people across social media. Albeit, it might ...
Our new heavenly neighbor will be hanging around for a few months. Unfortunately, you’ll need professional equipment to see ...
First, let's start with what is happening. An asteroid with the name 2024 PT5 was discovered on August 7th of this year.
Technically a “temporarily captured object,” 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth’s newest mini-moon. This 11-meter ...
Earth will temporarily capture asteroid 2024 PT5, a mini moon about 10 metres in size, for two months starting Sunday.
A truck-sized rock, named 2024 PT5, will fall into Earth’s orbit from September 29 to November 25, and return in 2055 ...
Earth is about to gain a mini moon, an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It's approximately the size of a school bus and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, orbiting the planet for about two ...
A mini-moon is a “temporarily captured orbiter” if it completes at least one full orbit of the Earth before returning to its ...
Once in a mini-moon. You won't be able to see the 2024 PT5 asteroid when it hitches a ride in the moon's orbit of Earth starting today — not with your average backyard telescope — but that doesn't ...
This “mini-moon” loops around Earth for nearly two months beginning September 29th and exiting November 25th. While asteroids ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have recently announced that a “second moon” is coming later this ...