{"id":107796,"date":"2024-09-28T05:12:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107796"},"modified":"2024-09-28T05:12:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:12:54","slug":"earth-will-have-a-temporary-mini-moon-for-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107796","title":{"rendered":"Earth will have a temporary &#8216;mini moon&#8217; for two months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Earth\u2019s moon will soon have some company \u2014 a \u201cmini moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet\u2019s gravity and orbit the globe \u2014 but only for about two months.<\/p>\n<p>The space rock \u2014 2024 PT5 \u2014 was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in Sutherland, South Africa. <\/p>\n<p>These short-lived mini moons are likely more common than we realize, said Richard Binzel, an astronomer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The last known one was detected in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis happens with some frequency, but we rarely see them because they\u2019re very small and very hard to detect,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly recently has our survey capability reached the point of spotting them routinely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discovery by Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Ra\u00fal de la Fuente Marcos was <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/2515-5172\/ad781f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published by the American Astronomical Society. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This one won\u2019t be visible to the naked eye or through amateur telescopes, but it \u201ccan be observed with relatively large, research-grade telescopes,\u201d Carlos de la Fuente Marcos said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Binzel, who was not involved in the research, said it\u2019s not clear whether the space rock originated as an asteroid or as \u201ca chunk of the moon that got blasted out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mini moon will circle the globe for almost 57 days but won\u2019t complete a full orbit. On Nov. 25, it will part ways with the Earth and continue its solo trajectory through the cosmos. It\u2019s expected to pass by again in 2055.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group. 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