Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year - CBS News
WEB9 hours ago · Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered ...
Earth will get another moon this month — but not for long!
WEB3 days ago · This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5. Unlike the moon, Earth's primary companion which has accompanied our planet for around 4 billion years ...
Earth will have a 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months, researchers say ...
WEB22 hours ago · Researchers said the mini-moon will take place from Sept. 29 until Nov. 25. Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told the New ...
What you need to know about Earth’s new, temporary mini-moon
WEB1 day ago · Sept. 19, 2024 3 AM PT. Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact. Instead, it’ll be what space enthusiasts have dubbed a mini ...
Earth will gain a second 'mini moon' later this month - The …
WEB17 hours ago · Say hello to Earth’s temporary new moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity — sort of like a window shopper — before returning to its normal ...
Earth Is Temporarily Getting a Second Moon | TIME
WEB1 day ago · September 18, 2024 4:40 PM EDT. S tarting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate ...
Earth will get a 'mini second moon' this month — but only for a …
WEBThe Earth will gain a second moon this month when a tiny asteroid comes into orbit — but only briefly. The 2024 PT5 is set to come into the passage later in September, according to space.com ...
Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months
WEB4 days ago · The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug. 7. The space rock will make one complete orbit of our planet between ...
Earth Has a Second Moon—For Another 300 Years, At Least
WEBNov 11, 2021 · It circles the Earth in a repeating corkscrew-like trajectory that brings it no closer than 40 to 100 times the 384,000 km (239,000 mi.) distance of our more familiar moon.
Mini-moon to orbit Earth for 2 months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 …
WEB1 day ago · In 1981 and 2022, the asteroid 2022 NX1 briefly orbited Earth as a mini-moon. In 2051, that asteroid will reappear as a transient mini-moon, according to EarthSky.org. It won't be the last time we ...