A 33-foot asteroid named 2024 PT5 is expected to briefly orbit the Earth between September 29 and November 25.

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, according to astronomers.

Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface. Researchers found its composition matches lunar rock samples, specifically silicate-rich ...

Additionally, 2024 PT5 itself is scheduled to make another close approach to Earth on January 9, 2025, providing NASA with an opportunity to study it using radar technology. After this quick flyby ...

2024 PT5 is only 33 feet wide, making it too small to see from Earth without a high-powered telescope. "The object is too small and dim for typical amateur telescopes and binoculars.

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 is 10 meters wide, which is about 33 feet, roughly the size of a city bus. In contrast, Earth's moon has a diameter of 2,159 miles, making 2024 PT5 just a tiny speck compared to ...

A calculation of asteroid 2024 PT5’s position around Earth as it temporarily is captured and becomes a mini-moon. NASA During this interstellar layover, the space rock will likely become a ...

Before concluding that 2024 PT5 was a fragment of the Moon, scientists needed to rule out the possibility that it was simply space debris, such as an old rocket part or a piece of human-made material.

A small asteroid named 2024 PT5 will temporarily become Earth's mini moon, orbiting the planet from September 29 to November 25, 2024. Though hard to spot, this phenomenon presents exciting ...

Earth is set to witness a ‘mini-moon’ called 2024 PT5, a small asteroid that will not collide with Earth but will orbit around it, similar to the Moon, for a brief period of around two months ...

Scientists discovered asteroid 2024 PT5 on Aug. 7 through the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, a NASA-funded program. The tiny asteroid will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.