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.

This is not the first such object to enter the Earth's orbit. Some of them do not make a full revolution around the Earth, and some of them become mini-moons.

The earth is getting a second "mini-moon" later this month, researchers confirmed Asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick around from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, 2024, but it won't be visible to the human eye, per ...

The earth is getting a second "mini-moon" later this month, researchers confirmed Asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick around from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, 2024, but it won't be visible to the human eye, per ...

Of the moon, we always see a hemisphere and a little more because its rotation is synchronous and blocked by the tide. This means that one lunar rotation on its axis corresponds to the time of ...

This “mini-moon” loops around Earth for nearly two months beginning September 29th and exiting November 25th. While asteroids frequently pass by Earth, PT5 will remain with us, following a ...

Hey Ray: Earth's Mini Moon 02:35. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - You may have heard by now about Earth getting a second moon starting next week. I am going to be honest with you right out of the gate - this ...

Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what ...

The length of mini-moon events can vary with some lasting one or more years to complete a full or multiple revolutions around Earth. Others do not complete a full revolution lasting a few months ...

Earth will have an extra moon for a couple of weeks this fall, and it may return for a second round in a few decades. A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to be pulled into orbit around ...

Just a rock in the sky. While the asteroid will be entering Earth's orbit, it is not yet a guarantee that 2024 PT5 will even qualify as a moon. "It certainly won't complete one full revolution in ...

But there’s some disagreement among scientists about whether 2024 PT5 should be classified as a mini-moon, since it won’t be making a full revolution around the Earth before the sun’s ...