Earth To Get A New Moon On Sept. 29, Scientists Say
Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid that’s about to be captured by our planet for a short time before being released back into the solar system to orbit the sun.
The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon—but Only for About a Month
On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little more than a month, will become a mini-moon of Earth. Named 2024 PT5, the rock is only 33 meters long and will form a kind of horseshoe-like orbit around Earth from September 29 to November 5 before leaving Earth’s orbit.
A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two ...
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Later this month, the earth will briefly gain a new moon. An asteroid called 2024 PT5 will be making a horseshoe-shaped ...
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, ...
This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its ...
When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...
Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there ...
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