Starting from September 29, 2024, Earth's gravity will capture a small asteroid named 2024 PT5, creating a temporary "mini-moon" that will orbit the planet for about two months until November 25 ...

The asteroid 2024 PT5, reported this month in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, is just 33 feet long. Astronomers calculate that from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, it will loop ...

The mini-moon, called 2024 PT5, is just 10 meters in diameter. It is 350,000 times smaller than the regular moon, which has a diameter of 3,476 kilometres, and hence, will be undetectable by the ...

An asteroid heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate: instead of smashing through our planet’s atmosphere, it’s likely to become trapped in orbit and become a mini-moon. It will be ...

From September 29 to November 25, Earth will temporarily capture a new mini-moon named asteroid 2024 PT5. This small asteroid, about 10 meters wide and discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Named 2024 PT5, it is only ten metres long, so a tiny speck compared to the moon itself. It is set to be pulled into a brief whirl around before flying back into space on November 25, after 56.6 ...

In a rare celestial event, an asteroid, named 2024 PT5, heading towards Earth is set to have an unusual fate. Instead of smashing through the planet’s atmosphere, as usually others do ...

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