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 skies ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

2024 PT5 was discovered on August 7, 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Sutherland, South Africa. This near-Earth asteroid is around 10 m (33 feet) across and follows a path ...