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Earth to have a new minimoon

A new 'mini-moon' comes to Earth this fall

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in Earth's orbit, before being flung back on its normal path around the sun.

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A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’

Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

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An Asteroid Is Going to Orbit Earth Like a Mini Moon for 2 Months

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-reviewe

Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its orbit? Here's what that means

The visiting moon is technically an asteroid known as 2024 PT5, and was initially spotted Aug. 7 by NASA’s Asteroid ...

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Earth To Get A New Moon On Sept. 29, Scientists Say

Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...

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Earth will get a second moon from September 29: Everything you need to know about 2024 PT5

PT5 could be anywhere between 16 to 138 feet across, potentially larger than the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, ...

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Earth Is Getting a New ‘Mini Moon’ for the Next Two Months, Astronomers Say

Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,” Federica Spoto, an asteroid dynamics researcher at ...

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