Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB2 days ago · Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our ...
Nasa issues alert for stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth
WEB5 days ago · Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid set to make a close approach to Earth on Tuesday. The 2024 ON asteroid measures 290 metres (950 feet) across and will come within 1 million km ...
A new 'mini-moon' comes to Earth this fall : NPR
WEB22 hours ago · Despite that program’s menacing name, scientists say there is no cause for worry and assure that 2024 PT5 is not on a collision course with Earth. An newly discovered asteroid will be captured ...
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
WEB1 day ago · The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object.
Catalog Page for PIA26451 - photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov
WEBLike the asteroid 2024 JV33 that made close approach with Earth a month earlier, 2024 ON is likely a contact binary, with two rounded lobes separated by a pronounced neck, one lobe about 50% larger than the other. The radar images determined that it is about 755 feet (350 meters) long. Features larger than 12.3 feet (3.75 meters) across ...
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet.
Earth will get a 'mini-moon' this month, but it's only visiting
WEB3 days ago · That's what's happening later this month. Asteroid 2024 PT5 is passing so close that it will temporarily join Earth and essentially become a "mini-moon." This happens once in a while with near ...
Earth will get another moon this month — but not for long!
WEB5 days ago · This month, Earth will grab itself a second moon in the form of the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5. Unlike the moon, Earth's primary companion which has accompanied our planet for around 4 billion years ...
Airplane-size asteroid will have 'very close encounter' with Earth …
WEBJan 26, 2024 · Asteroid 2024 BJ, which astronomers detected earlier this month, will zoom within 220,000 miles of Earth tomorrow, or closer to us than the average distance to the moon.
Two Killer Asteroids Are Flying by Earth, and You May Be Able to …
WEBJun 27, 2024 · Asteroid 2024 MK will fly past Earth on June 29. It is between 400 and 850 feet across and will pass within the orbit of the moon. It was discovered only 13 days before it is expected to pass...
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