Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...
Is 2024 PT5 a lost piece of the Moon or an asteroid? Unravel the mystery behind Earth’s mini-moon
An object, officially called 2024 PT5, which was first spotted in August 2023, then observed as a near-Earth asteroid.
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Asteroid 2024 PT5, sized like a school bus, passed Earth in January at 1.1 million miles. Research suggests it originated from the moon, ejected thousands of years ago by an impact. Spectral ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
The celestial near-Earth object, known as 2024 PT5, measures about 33 feet (10 meters) wide; however, it’s not in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades due to its ...
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Here’s How to Watch the Rare Total Lunar Eclipse This Week
At the time, the phenomenon—known as an asteroid named 2024 PT5—was first spotted by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) initiative in early August, who calculated ...
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‘Mini moon’ bids Earth farewell
That should deepen scientists’ understanding of the object known as 2024 PT5, quite possibly a boulder that was blasted off the moon by an impacting, crater-forming asteroid. While not ...
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Earth to have temporary ‘mini moon’
The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in Sutherland, South Africa. These short-lived ...