Asteroid 2024 PT5 is poised to become a temporary mini moon of Earth, a phenomenon that will last for about two months. Asteroid 2024 PT5 belongs to a group called Arjuna asteroids, which have ...
An asteroid named 2024 PT5 will enter Earth's orbit, get caught there from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, and then fly away again, back into the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from ...
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet ...