Astronomers have reported that Earth will have two natural satellites for nearly two months, from September 29 to November 25 ...
While short mini-moon events are relatively common, longer capture episodes are rare, occurring only about once every 10 to 20 years. Stargazers will need a telescope to catch a glimpse of this ...
For almost two months, from 29 September to 25 November, Earth will have two natural satellites, astronomers have announced.
You can see the astroid, named 2024 PT5, for a short time before it heads on its way.
From late September until late November this year, a “mini-moon”, called 2024 PT5 by the astrologers who spotted it ...
SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...
Earth is getting a visitor in our orbit for a couple of months.It's nowhere near the size of our actual moon, but they're ...
The asteroid is expected to make a “horseshoe path” around Earth over the next two months, researchers wrote in a recent ...
Earth's gravity will interrupt asteroid 2024 PT5's 372 day trip around the Sun, making it a temporary satellite.
Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.
(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named ...
A small asteroid called 2024 PT5 will temporarily orbit Earth this fall. Here's what it looks like and whether it will be ...