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Earth Will Gain a 'Mini-Moon'

Space on MSN · 22m

Animation Shows How A 10 Meter Asteroid Passes Earth Closer Than The Moon In Orbit

Asteroid 2023 JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the size of a bus. Orbit animation courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | mash mix by Space.

The Register-Guard on MSN · 2d

Mini-moon will soon orbit Earth. Here's everything you need to know about the asteroid

PT5 "mini-moon" asteroid will soon be in Earth's orbit. Here's everything you need to know about this celestial event.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1d

A mini-moon will soon orbit the Earth for about two months. Will we see it in Houston?

The moon will soon be joined by a new dance partner around the Earth's gravitational pull. But its new pal will stay for only a song or two before returning to the dark of the night. An asteroid, named 2024 PT5,

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Earth now has a ‘mini moon’ as small asteroid joins our orbit

Earth has a new “mini- moon ” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after ...

NBC New York10d

Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its orbit? Here's what that means

Around the world in 57 days. A new moon is expected to be pulled into the Earth’s orbit by the end of September, but the ...

Daily Galaxy on MSN4h

The Moon’s Surprising Origin: New Evidence Suggests Earth Captured the Moon from Space

For nearly four decades, the dominant theory explaining the formation of Earth's moon has been that it originated from a ...

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Is there any hope for Earth after the sun dies? A glimmer.

For decades, astronomers have seen the "before" and "after" of this process — when a planet is orbiting very close to its ...

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