Earth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular moon's new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group ...

The moon will soon have a companion in Earth's orbit for a limited time. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event ...

29 to Nov. 25. This mini moon is actually Asteroid 2024 PT5. It belongs to a group called Arjuna asteroids, which have orbits similar to Earth's. Because it will come close to Earth at a slow ...

flinging it back into the Arjuna asteroid belt. This is not the first time we have had a mini-moon circling Earth. Astronomers have spotted a few, and researchers believe that many others have ...

This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space rock smaller than a planet, orbiting the Sun, that was pulled into Earth’s gravitational field. Before it became one of Earth’s moons, 2024 PT5 was ...

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.

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our ... it is thought to have come from the Arjuna belt, where the objects are small. While it is relatively common for the Earth ...

Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!

Earth is set to play host to a “mini-moon” this week ... of rain as 'Indian summer' hopes shattered It belongs to the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of space rocks in the solar system that ...

Earth is poised to pick up this hitchhiker from the nearby Arjuna asteroid belt on September ... The asteroid poses no threat to Earth. This mini-moon is nothing like our real moon.