An illustration of a completely unrelated asteroid

Notices where this attachment appears

1. Embed this notice
   Fraser Cain (fraser@m.universetoday.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Sep-2024 17:29:49 JST Fraser Cain

   The Earth has only a single Moon. You might know it as "The Moon." But every now and then, a small asteroid gets too close to Earth and dances with our planet's gravity for a few months or years. Now, astronomers have detected an 11-meter asteroid, designated 2024 PT5, that came within 567,000 km of Earth and will shortly trace a horseshoe path around our planet. It will become a temporary satellite from September 29th until November 25th before it leaves again.

   https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ad781f