NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass, January 2025
Oct 2, 2024 · Part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, the Goldstone Solar System Radar, near Barstow in California, will track the object during its next close pass of our planet, in January 2025, which will still be five times as far from Earth as the Moon.
Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, …
Sep 20, 2024 · In just over one week’s time, Earth will gain a new celestial companion that will stay for two months in the planet’s gravitational cradle. Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon.
Earth has caught a 'second moon,' scientists say | Space
Sep 30, 2024 · 2024 PT5 isn't the first asteroid to be captured by Earth and transformed into a mini-moon. Scientists have officially documented two prior "short captures," a type of asteroid-grabbing...
Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon - Scientific …
Sep 25, 2024 · Meet Earth’s New Mini Moon. A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet as a mini moon before swooping back to deep space. By Lee Billings. An artist’s ...
2024 PT5 - Wikipedia
2024 PT 5 is a near-Earth object roughly 11 meters (36 ft) in diameter discovered by ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland on 7 August 2024, the day before approaching Earth at 568,500 km (353,200 mi).
It's official: Earth now has two moons - Earth.com
Oct 6, 2024 · 2024 PT5 is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt — a group of space rocks that follow orbits similar to Earth’s, about 93 million miles from the sun. Some Arjuna asteroid belt objects can approach Earth at a close range of around 2.8 million miles and at a relatively low velocity of less than 2,200 miles per hour.
Asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit as temporary 'mini moon' - NBC News
The asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, is 33 feet long — roughly equivalent to a standard school bus. The space rock does not pose a threat to Earth, and it is not expected to stick around for long...
A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’ - CNN
Sep 20, 2024 · The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from September 29 to November 25, according to astronomers. Then, the space...
Earth’s new ‘companion asteroid’ discovered by UH-operated …
Sep 24, 2024 · Earth’s gravitational pull will snag 2024 PT5 between September 29 and November 25, before it escapes the planet’s orbit and continues its journey around the Sun. UH experts describe the orbit of 2024 PT5 as “Earth-like,” meaning that the asteroid is nearly the same distance from the Sun as the Earth and spends all of its time along a ...
Meet 2024 PT5, Earth’s temporary mini-moon - Astronomy …
Sep 27, 2024 · Despite the telescope’s bleak name, the moonlet PT 5 will not actually impact Earth — and won’t even orbit Earth entirely. Instead, it will take a horseshoe-shaped path around our planet ...