Earth to capture a ‘second moon’ this weekend, NASA says
Earth will capture a miniature, “second moon” this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5. It will start orbiting the planet in a horseshoe path and stick around for a little less than two months before escaping Earth’s gravitational pull and going back to its regular orbit around the sun.
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The system was developed by the University of Hawaii and funded by NASA. PT5 likely hails from the Arjuna asteroid belt.
Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple ...
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Because it’s part of the Arjuna asteroid belt that orbits the sun, the mini-moon is also expected to make future visits around Earth — it will swing back by as soon as January and then is ...
Asteroids from the Earth pass by all the time but we are expecting a friendly visitor staying around for the next couple months.
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