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.
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.
Come on, we can give it a better name than "2024 PT5"
Asteroid: "no God no please not here, anywhere but here"
"The asteroid was first observed using a telescope from the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System [AtLast]." 🤔😂
It’s so tempting to post “Giant Meteor 2024.” This election is too important though.
What ?
Okay, we really should be calling it "Chibi Moon", though.
ALT: a little girl with pink hair is wearing a sailor moon uniform .
Well, can we have a contest to give it a name!!!?
BOOOOO hit us
33 ft? I didn't realize it was that small.
How fast is it going to move relative to us? Will we be able to see phases of it illuminated like Moon Classic?