Earth's Mini-Moon Is Arriving Today. What to Know About Our Temporary Second Moon
Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August. The researchers who found it published a nonpeer-reviewed study about the asteroid.
To qualify as a mini-moon, an asteroid must be relatively close to Earth, within 4.5 million kilometers, and travel at a ...
Earth’s orbit has temporarily welcomed a second moon. Discovered by NASA scientists in early August, the mini-moon, 2024 PT5, ...
Mini-moon will not complete a full orbit. Instead, it will experience a slight gravitational pull from Earth before ...
Earth's natural satellite—the moon—is currently welcoming a temporary “mini-moon” named 2024 PT5. What is the mini moon? Why ...
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