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Earth will soon have a temporary 2nd moon

Cincinnati Enquirer on MSN · 13h

We will call it mini-moon. All about Earth temporary second moon, asteroid 2024 PT5

There's a new moon on the horizon. The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long. Here's what to know.

Business Insider · 1d

Earth is about to get a 2nd moon for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't return until 2055.

Time on MSN · 1d

Earth Is Temporarily Getting a Second Moon

Starting next week, the moon, Earth’s closest celestial body, will be joined by a new neighbor: a second moon. From Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, astronomers calculate that 2024 PT5— which is what scientists think is an asteroid but have dubbed a “mini-moon”—will be looping around Earth.

Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its orbit? Here's what that means

Around the world in 57 days. A new moon is expected to be pulled into the Earth’s orbit by the end of September, but the ...

Earth is getting a tiny second moon for 2 months

The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the ...

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Is Earth getting a new moon? What to know about the rare phenomenon starting this month

Unlike the existing moon — which has orbited our planet for about 4 billion years — this new floating rock is only expected ...

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As spacecraft zooms to Venus, it peers back at humble Earth and the moon

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...

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