2024 PT5 - Wikipedia
2024 PT5 is a near-Earth object roughly 11 meters (36 ft) in diameter discovered by ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland on 7 August 2024, the day before approaching Earth at 568,500 km …
School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon
1 day ago · In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the size of a school bus, according to Phys.org. …
Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of ... - NASA
Jan 22, 2025 · Asteroid Lunar Studies. The discovery of 2024 PT5 doubles the number of known asteroids thought to originate from the Moon. Asteroid 469219 Kamo’oalewa was found in …
Space object that orbited near Earth may be a chunk of the moon …
2 days ago · An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago. ... known as 2024 PT5, …
NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass, January 2025
Oct 2, 2024 · Part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, the Goldstone Solar System Radar, near Barstow in California, will track the object during its next close pass of our planet, in January …
Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon …
Jan 22, 2025 · Asteroid Lunar Studies. The discovery of 2024 PT5 doubles the number of known asteroids thought to originate from the Moon. Asteroid 469219 Kamo’oalewa was found in …
Chunk of Moon Rock? NASA Tracks Asteroid 2024 PT5 During
Jan 16, 2025 · The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5, first observed on August 7, 2024, by the University of Hawaiʻi’s ATLAS telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, has captured the …
Newly Discovered Asteroid 2024 PT5 Becomes Earth’s Temporary …
Sep 27, 2024 · A new asteroid, named 2024 PT5, is set to briefly orbit the planet, marking a rare celestial event. Discovered in August, this asteroid is notable for its size and temporary orbital …
Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon - Scientific …
Sep 25, 2024 · A small asteroid, 2024 PT5, will spend the next two months alongside our planet as a mini moon before swooping back to deep space
Earth’s new ‘companion asteroid’ discovered by UH-operated …
Sep 24, 2024 · Earth’s gravitational pull will snag 2024 PT5 between September 29 and November 25, before it escapes the planet’s orbit and continues its journey around the Sun. …
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