{"id":129734,"date":"2024-11-25T01:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129734"},"modified":"2024-11-25T01:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:37:34","slug":"earth-bids-farewell-to-temporary-mini-moon-thats-possibly-a-chunk-of-actual-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129734","title":{"rendered":"Earth bids farewell to temporary &#8216;mini moon&#8217; that&#8217;s possibly a chunk of actual moon"},"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 IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB\">CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8212; <\/span>Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that\u2019s been tagging along as a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mini-moon-earth-asteroid-astronomy-d68656845bd2762095bb39ce9d619e6b\">\u201cmini moon\u201d<\/a> for the past two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sun-magnetic-field-solar-storms-c7033cc34099b5631e7865173faff696\">the sun\u2019s gravity<\/a>. But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">NASA will use a radar antenna to observe the 33-foot (10-meter) asteroid then. That should deepen scientists\u2019 understanding of the object known as 2024 PT5, quite possibly a boulder that was <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/moon-caves-nasa-astronauts-2dc57751f41a6e24f377c2259e8668ba\">blasted off the moon<\/a> by an impacting, crater-forming asteroid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">While not technically a moon \u2014 NASA stresses it was never captured by Earth\u2019s gravity and fully in orbit \u2014 it\u2019s \u201can interesting object\u201d worthy of study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The astrophysicist brothers who identified the asteroid\u2019s \u201cmini moon behavior,\u201d Raul and Carlos de la Fuente Marcos of Complutense University of Madrid, have collaborated with telescopes in the Canary Islands for hundreds of observations so far. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Currently more than 2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) away, the object is too small and faint to see without a powerful telescope. It will pass as close as 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) of Earth in January, maintaining a safe distance before it zooms farther into the solar system while orbiting the sun, not to return until 2055. That\u2019s almost five times farther than the moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">First spotted in August, the asteroid began its semi jog around Earth in late September, after coming under the grips of Earth\u2019s gravity and following a horseshoe-shaped path. By the time it returns next year, it will be moving too fast \u2014 more than double its speed from September \u2014 to hang around, said Raul de la Fuente Marcos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">NASA will track the asteroid for more than a week in January using the Goldstone solar system radar antenna in California\u2019s Mojave Desert, part of the Deep Space Network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Current data suggest that during its 2055 visit, the sun-circling asteroid will once again make a temporary and partial lap around Earth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN\">The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/wireStory\/earth-bids-farewell-temporary-mini-moon-possibly-chunk-116176596\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#8212; Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that\u2019s been tagging along as a \u201cmini moon\u201d for the past two months. 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