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Earth captures a new mini-moon

Earth To Get A Comet, A Solar Eclipse, Aurora And A ‘Mini Moon’ This Week

This week see many special celestial sights, from a bright comet and a solar eclipse to a bright Venus and the possibility of aurora. There's even a new "mini" moon.

Is Earth's temporary 'mini moon' visible in North Texas?

This fall, the Earth will have a temporary cosmic companion. Astronomers have discovered that a “mini moon" will orbit our planet until Thanksgiving.

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An asteroid known as a 'mini-moon' will join Earth's orbit for 2 months starting Sunday

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

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Why Earth Gets A New Moon This Weekend — But Only For 57 Days

Technically a “temporarily captured object,” 2024 PT5 is a near-Earth asteroid and Earth’s newest mini-moon. This 11-meter ...

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Earth gets a second moon: Can you see it with naked eyes?

This celestial visitor, dubbed a "mini-moon," was first detected on August 7 by Nasa's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert ...

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Moon O'Clock: NASA Pushes Ahead With Plans To Create Lunar Time Zone

The space agency is aiming to tackle time discrepancies caused by gravity as Artemis missions prepare for humankind's return ...

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Earth to Capture an Asteroid as Second Moon Temporarily This Weekend, NASA Confirms

Earth captures second moon for a few weeks Asteroid 2024 PT5 part of the Arjuna asteroid belt Asteroid 2024 PT5 will not be ...

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Why the moon looks like a potato on NASA’s new eclipse maps

The newer mapping method takes elevation on Earth and the moon’s topography into consideration. NASA has developed a process ...

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