Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB23 hours ago · CNN —. Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and ...
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year - CBS News
WEB1 day ago · Updated on: September 20, 2024 / 1:41 AM EDT / CBS News. Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered ...
Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
WEB1 day ago · The last time we had a mini-moon was in 2022. Asteroid 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon for a few months that year and is believed to have previously been captured by Earth in 1981.
Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'
WEB1 day ago · The asteroid is tiny compared to the size of the Earth's moon, measuring about 10 meters in length. Speaking to ABC News, Astrophysics Professor Adam Frank from the University of Rochester ...
The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon—but Only for About a Month
WEB1 day ago · 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 ...
Earth is about to get a new mini-moon - The Mercury News
WEB20 hours ago · The space rock will orbit about 2.6 million miles away, or about 10 times the distance between Earth and the moon. Some mini-moons — “temporarily captured orbiters” — can stay in orbit for ...
Earth to get an asteroid mini-moon for 2 months
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Bottom line: Earth will get a mini-moon for two months when the 33-foot-wide asteroid 2024 PT5 makes a close pass of our planet and makes a temporary loop about us.
'Mini-moon' to join Earth's orbit for nearly 2 months, study finds
WEB3 days ago · The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months starting Sept. 29, according to a study published ...
Earth to have new mini-moon for two months - Phys.org
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Earth to have new mini-moon for two months. A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one...
What you need to know about Earth's new, temporary mini-moon
WEBThe mini-moon won't be visible to to the naked eye. The average home telescope won't be able to capture it, either. The mini-moon will be small — 33 feet long — and dim. NASA uses magnitude to ...
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