Earth captures a new mini-moon: Asteroid 2024 PT5 orbits until November
From today, 29 September, until 25 November, Earth will have two natural satellites. In addition to the Moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, also known as the mini-moon, will orbit the Earth. Asteroid 2024 PT5 was identified on 7 August of this year using the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System),