{"id":108607,"date":"2024-09-30T06:01:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108607"},"modified":"2024-09-30T06:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T23:01:49","slug":"asteroid-will-join-earths-orbit-as-mini-moon-for-nearly-2-months-starting-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108607","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid will join Earth&#8217;s orbit as &#8220;mini moon&#8221; for nearly 2 months starting Sunday"},"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 data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB\">LOS ANGELES &#8212; <\/span>Earth&#8217;s moon will soon have some company &#8211; a &#8220;mini moon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">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&#8217;s gravity and orbit the globe &#8211; but only for about two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The space rock &#8211; 2024 PT5 &#8211; was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in Sutherland, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">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 class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">&#8220;This happens with some frequency, but we rarely see them because they&#8217;re very small and very hard to detect,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Only recently has our survey capability reached the point of spotting them routinely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The discovery by Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Ra\u00fal de la Fuente Marcos was published by the American Astronomical Society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">This one won&#8217;t be visible to the naked eye or through amateur telescopes, but it &#8220;can be observed with relatively large, research-grade telescopes,&#8221; Carlos de la Fuente Marcos said in an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Binzel, who was not involved in the research, said it&#8217;s not clear whether the space rock originated as an asteroid or as &#8220;a chunk of the moon that got blasted out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The mini moon will circle the globe for almost 57 days but won&#8217;t complete a full orbit. On Nov. 25, it will part ways with the Earth and continue its solo trajectory through the cosmos. It&#8217;s expected to pass by again in 2055.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024 by The Associated Press. 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