Bus-sized asteroid will temporarily join Earth's orbit as 'mini moon' starting Sunday
The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity and orbit the globe - but only for about two months.
This week see many special celestial sights, from a bright comet and a solar eclipse to a bright Venus and the possibility of ...
The Earth has a new companion for the next 2 months! A passing asteroid named 2024 PT5 has become gravitationally tethered to ...
Our planet is set to gain a second, 'mini-moon' tonight (29 September), which will stick around for a couple of months. It is ...
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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