Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.
On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.
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Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...
Our faithful Moon has always given us company. In an exciting new development, scientists have detected a temporary “second moon” orbiting Earth—an asteroid named 2024 PT5, whose capture by Earth’s ...
一颗小行星将短暂进入环地球轨道运行。 2024 PT5短暂成为地球卫星的轨道示意图。白色为2024 PT5轨道,蓝色为地球轨道,洋红色是水星轨道。NASA 一个以西班牙科学家Carlos de la Fuente ...
When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...