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

A small asteroid named 2024 PT5 is making a brief visit to Earth's orbit, becoming a temporary "mini-moon" this autumn. Starting from September 29 to November 25, 2024, the asteroid will be ...

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.

A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...

Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

Update, Oct. 9, 2024: A link to a map of asteroid 2024 PT5’s orbit around the sun was added. There may be a new bright comet in the night sky, but this weekend Earth also has a new moon.

Earth will be "borrowing" an extra moon for nearly two months ... American Astronomical Society. The tiny asteroid, which researchers named "2024 PT5," will temporarily orbit Earth before ...

The internet has been buzzing about the so-called "mini-moon" that will remain in Earth's gravitational orbit for roughly two months. The 33-foot-long asteroid known as 2024 PT5 was discovered by ...

When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...

The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.

Brilliant Jupiter rises at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and by twilight on Nov. 30. It can be found in the constellation Taurus at ...