Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend ...
A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily ...
The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our ...
Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A ...
A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't ...
As November draws to a close, 2024 PT5 will be released from Earth's gravitational embrace. It will then resume its journey ...
Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...
It is expected to follow a horseshoe-type orbit to become a “mini-moon” of Earth on 29 September only to return to a path orbiting the Sun about 57 days later on 25 November, according to the study.
The mini-moon, named "2024 PT5", was discovered back in August and will be temporarily captured by Earth's gravitational pull ...
In a rare astronomical event, Earth is set to capture a temporary moon between September 29 and November 25. The new addition ...
An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...
The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...