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Earth captures a new mini-moon
Earth To Get A Comet, A Solar Eclipse, Aurora And A New Moon This Week
This week see many special celestial sights, from a bright comet and a solar eclipse to a bright Venus and the possibility of aurora. There's even a new "mini" moon.
Earth to capture a 'second moon' this weekend, NASA says
Earth will capture a miniature, "second moon" this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny asteroid dubbed 2024 PT5. It will start orbiting the planet in a horseshoe path and stick around for a little less than two months before escaping Earth's gravitational pull and going back to its regular orbit around the sun.
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),
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Earth's Mini-Moon Is Arriving Today. What to Know About Our Temporary Second Moon
Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...
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Scientists just discovered why Earth’s atmosphere is leaking
It turns out the mysterious force is a previously undiscovered global electric field. First came the surprising discovery ...
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Earth will have a temporary 'mini moon' for two months
The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on ...
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An asteroid known as a 'mini-moon' will join Earth's orbit for 2 months starting Sunday
A small asteroid will join Earth's orbit around the sun for two months beginning Sunday, becoming a 'mini-moon.' ...
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Scientists Detected Signs of a Hidden Structure Inside Earth's Core
From these indirect observations, scientists have calculated that the scorchingly hot inner core, with temperatures ...
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The Earth is getting a second, mini-moon, so can I see it? | Hey Ray
You may have heard by now about Earth getting a second moon starting next week. I am going to be honest with you right out of ...
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Earth's new mini moon: Will we be able to see it in Arizona?
Earth's orbit will temporarily capture a mini moon - a tiny asteroid called Asteroid 2024 PT5. An astronomer tells whether we'll be able to see it.
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Strange Discovery Finds Earth's Crust 'Dripping' Into The Planet's Belly
"As the lithosphere thickened and dripped below the region, it formed a basin at the surface that later sprang up when the ...
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Earth set to obtain ‘second moon’ tonight that won’t be seen again until 2055
Our planet is set to gain a second, 'mini-moon' tonight (29 September), which will stick around for a couple of months. It is ...
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