2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...
Unlike other common asteroids, 2024 PT5 has an ... impacts and may open new doors in the study of our Moon. This small celestial object, once thought to be just another asteroid, may have a ...
On Sunday, 29th September, Earth captured a new "minimoon" known as 2024 PT5 ... Earth is set to capture a temporary second moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, starting September 29, 2024.
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit around the Sun, temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity to become a far away ...
Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many more ...
A new study of 2024 PT5 suggests it's no coincidence this asteroid is hanging around in our celestial neighborhood. This object appears to be a piece of the Moon, which was broken off in a ...
"This is a story about the moon as told by asteroid scientists ... asteroid but then strayed into new territory in terms of the questions we can ask of 2024 PT5." More information: ...