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.

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 skies ...

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 skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system.

Back on Sept. 29, Earth’s gravity captured a small near-Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5. The asteroid is about 37 feet wide, about the size of a school bus. In relation to our moon, it is 300,000 ...

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This is an astronomical event which is described as passing asteroid that will come relatively close to the Earth. The is essentially a hunk of metal and rock that is named 2024 PT5. This asteroid ...

WASHINGTON — Earth's moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the ... The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August ...

Another one gracing our skies this month is affectionately known as Earth's "mini-moon." This "mini-moon" isn't a moon at all. It's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. At just 33 feet wide, it's about the ...