The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...

PT5 will orbit Earth briefly from September 29 to November 25, 2024, acting as a mini moon. It was discovered in August 2024 ...

A small asteroid called 2024 PT5 will temporarily orbit Earth this fall. Here's what it looks like and whether it will be ...

Earth is set to gain a “second moon” for about two months this year, thanks to the asteroid 2024 PT5, which was discovered in ...

A roughly 33-foot-long asteroid called 2024 PT5 will chart a horseshoe-like path around our planet Shi En Kim Reporter In ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

A recently-discovered asteroid will soon become a mini-moon of Earth, and it will hang around until Thanksgiving.

For almost two months, from 29 September to 25 November, Earth will have two natural satellites, astronomers have announced.

The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...