Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies ...

Back on Sept. 29, Earth’s gravity captured a small near-Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5. The asteroid is about 37 feet wide, about the size of a school bus. In relation to our moon, it is 300,000 ...

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This is an astronomical event which is described as passing asteroid that will come relatively close to the Earth. The is essentially a hunk of metal and rock that is named 2024 PT5. This asteroid ...

The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August by ... said it’s not clear whether the space rock originated as an asteroid or as “a chunk of the moon that got blasted out.” ...

This "mini-moon" isn't a moon at all. It's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. At just 33 feet wide, it's about the size of a yellow school bus. The "mini-moon" got stuck in Earth's gravitational field when ...