Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB1 day ago · 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 orbit our ...
Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, …
WEB21 hours ago · A roughly 33-foot-long asteroid called 2024 PT5 will chart a horseshoe-like path around our planet Shi En Kim Reporter In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion ...
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 will get another moon this month — but not for long!
WEB4 days ago · This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5. Unlike the moon, Earth's primary companion which has accompanied our planet for around 4 billion years ...
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year - CBS News
WEB1 day ago · 2024 PT5, which is larger than some of the other mini-moons, will also return to Earth's orbit — in 2055. ... Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media ...
Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
WEB2 days ago · Asteroid 2024 PT5 is passing so close that it will temporarily join Earth and essentially become a "mini-moon." ... Based in Toronto, Nicole covers all things science for CBC News. As an amateur ...
What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon
WEB2 days ago · Dubbed the 2024 PT5, the 'mini-moon' will orbit Earth for nearly two months. ... Jaweed Kaleem is an education reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where he covers news and features on K-12 and ...
Mini-moon to orbit Earth for 2 months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 …
WEB2 days ago · Compared to Earth's moon, which has a diameter of 2,159 miles, asteroid 2024 PT5 is just a tiny spec measuring at about 33 feet wide. That's about the width of a city bus. This is not the first ...
Earth to get a mini-moon for two months, but what is it?
WEB11 hours ago · From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it approaching will be orbiting the planet. Although this mini-moon cannot be ...
Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months
WEB5 days ago · The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug. 7. The space rock will make one complete orbit of our planet between ...
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