In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space ... discussed the asteroid's composition. "The real evidence we found was when it turned ...

But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s, suggesting that 2024 PT5 originated from our corner of the solar system. Astronomers first spotted the asteroid on ...

Now, one team has concluded that 2024 PT5 is a chunk of the real moon. The rock was most ... Observatory in Arizona who led the research. The asteroid 2024 PT5 was probably the result of an ...

The images in the animation were captured by an ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on Christmas Day 2024, when the asteroid had “a close approach with Earth,” becoming bright enough to be ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, sized like a school bus ... Resembling a snowman in shape, the asteroid’s radar images were captured by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar.