Earth will be "borrowing" an extra moon for nearly two months starting this week. An Arjuna asteroid will become a "mini-moon" event ... it orbits the sun, just like the Earth does," Fisher ...

Technically, the asteroid—like two of the past mini-moons—is a “temporarily ... specifically from the moon’s far side. “Just a brief look at the vast number of craters on the moon ...

A BUS-SIZED "mini ... asteroid belt. These "Arjunas" follow Earth-like orbits, typically lasting about a year. The Asteroid 2024 PT5 is passing Earth at about "nine times" the distance of the Moon ...

A second moon will drift into Earth’s orbit. Asteroid 2024 PT5 is poised to become a temporary mini moon of Earth ... than a bright moon. It will look more like an asteroid than a moon.

A recently discovered asteroid has become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two months. Earth has a new moon — a mini-moon ... a closer look at 2024 PT5 ...

You may like ... does not complete one full revolution. These later, more temporary captures last just days, weeks, or even a few months. Marcos said that, to become a mini-moon, an incoming ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the ... X of what the asteroid's path will look like.

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid set to smash into the Moon. Astronomers said the house-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is shaped like a hockey puck and also deduced its origin.

While the chance is still small, the updated forecast does note an increased impact risk that the city-killer asteroid will strike the Moon ... another mission like that before the asteroid ...

While it was not born the way Earth’s moon ... “Asteroid 2024 PT5 will not describe a full orbit around Earth,” Marcos continued. “You may say that if a true satellite is like a customer ...