School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon
In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the size of a school bus, according to Phys.org. Following its discovery, the ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
The celestial near-Earth object, known as 2024 PT5, measures about 33 feet (10 meters) wide; however, it’s not in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades due to its ...
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Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon
By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...
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Asteroid 2024 Pt5
Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024 ... Analysis from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies confirmed it is a natural object, not human-made debris,... The space visitor ...
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Surprise: The Mini-Moon Orbiting Earth for 2 Months Might Be from Earth
The object, roughly the size of a bus, became temporarily captured by Earth’s gravity, earning it the moniker of a “mini-moon.” What sets 2024 PT5 apart is its composition, which bears a ...
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Is 2024 PT5 a lost piece of the Moon or an asteroid? Unravel the mystery behind Earth’s mini-moon
With this, scientists from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) considered how 2024 PT5 responded to solar radiation. Unlike most artificial debris that tends to float aimlessly ...
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NASA confirms what mystery object that captured world's attention last year could be
A small near-Earth object captured the world's attention last year after a NASA-funded telescope discovered it lingering close to our planet. The object never orbited Earth but it stayed close for ...
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Earth's temporary moon might have come from the moon
The object is known as Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 2024 PT5 (or PT5, for short) and its orbit is very similar to Earth's. Oddly enough, that region often gets littered with rocket bodies.
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Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 ...
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School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon
Following its discovery, the small near-Earth object captured the attention of scientists worldwide due to its potential lunar origins. Researchers conducted analyses of 2024 PT5. According to ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
The celestial near-Earth object, known as 2024 PT5, measures about 33 feet (10 meters) wide; however, it’s not in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades due to its ...