Earth is about to welcome a mini moon

Earth is about to get a new natural satellite, and this “mini moon” will be with us for the next 2 months. It is actually a small asteroid about 10m wide, officially known as 2024 PT₅.

Our moon will soon have a companion. Photo: NASA

The asteroid was discovered by the Asteroid Earth Collision Alert System (ATLAS) on August 7 and published by researchers in Research Notes of the AAS. Calculations of its trajectory show that it will become Earth's satellite on September 29.

The little moon will be our companion for 56.6 days, completing a full orbit around Earth in that time. The rock will then escape Earth’s gravity on November 25, returning to orbit around the Sun. 2024 PT₅ will then make its final pass on January 9, 2025, at a distance of 1.8 million kilometers from Earth before returning to the pitch blackness. 2024 PT₅ is expected to return on November 8, 2055.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/trai-dat-sap-chao-don-mot-mat-trang-nho-post759983.html