Stefan Bohacek on Nostr: Reminder: We're (briefly) getting a new (mini) moon today! "[T]he 10-meter-wide ...
Reminder: We're (briefly) getting a new (mini) moon today!
"[T]he 10-meter-wide object, dubbed 2024 PT5 [...] will be some 1.5 million kilometers away [...] it will enter a curving, captive path around our world rather than slipping Earth’s surly bonds. At that point, 2024 PT5 will become another satellite of Earth—a so-called mini moon."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny-asteroid-will-briefly-become-earths-mini-moon/
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"[T]he 10-meter-wide object, dubbed 2024 PT5 [...] will be some 1.5 million kilometers away [...] it will enter a curving, captive path around our world rather than slipping Earth’s surly bonds. At that point, 2024 PT5 will become another satellite of Earth—a so-called mini moon."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny-asteroid-will-briefly-become-earths-mini-moon/
#news #ScienceNews #science #moon #SecondMoon #MiniMoon