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Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month
Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won't be the first (or the last)
Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend is 2024 PTâ‚…, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the "Arjunas").
Meet Earth's New Mini-Moon Before It Vanishes
The hunk of rock, dubbed 2024 PT5 will fly into Earth's orbit, get caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25 and then go on its merry way out into the solar system. Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons.
‘Mini-moon’ will start orbit of Earth later this week
The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern before the gravity of other objects in our solar system pull it off. It will return to orbit the Earth again in 2055.
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Earth to get 'new moon' for 65 days from September 29, new study says
Scientists say we are about to get a second moon - for more than two months. The so-called 'mini moon' will orbit our planet ...
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As spacecraft zooms to Venus, it peers back at humble Earth and the moon
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
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