Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth ... lunar rock samples,” Kareta said. “It looks like it hasn’t been in space for very long ...

The asteroid is set to take a similar orbital path that a moon does around a planet and will ... graphic below for what the orbit should look like. The mini-moon is about the size of a bus actually.

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 ...

The second type of episodes are short engagements in which the small body does ... Short mini-moon events like this forthcoming one, in which the small body (in this case an asteroid) acquires ...

The sky will have a new cosmic visitor this fall: A second moon will drift into Earth’s orbit. Asteroid 2024 PT5 is poised to become a temporary mini moon ... It will look more like an asteroid ...

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 chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the ... announcing the findings. “It looks like it hasn’t been in space ...

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.

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 ...

That's no moon, it's an asteroid ... Take a look at the USA TODAY graphic below for what the orbit should look like. You won't be able to see the passing mini-moon as it enters Earth's gravity ...