On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

Scientists first caught sight of the mini-moon while observing an asteroid named Polymele, near the outskirts of the solar system. NASA says that the asteroid is around 17 miles along its widest axis.

But ATLAS reports this new mini-moon is likely to be a real asteroid, which is simply defined as a small, rocky object that orbits the sun. Amateur astronomer Tony Dunn posted a simulation to X of ...

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The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.

When the world woke up on Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth had an extra moon. 2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a space ...