It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...
[1] Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl de la Fuente Marcos. A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November. Research Notes of the AAS. 8(9):224 (2024) 广告声明 ...
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 ...