Earth will soon have a ‘second moon’ — at least for a little while
( KTLA) — Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the “moon” in question is a celestial body known as 2024 PT 5 that is believed to be an Arjuna asteroid.
Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, ...
For 57 days, our planet will have two moons as the 2024 PT5 asteroid gets caught in Earth’s gravity and whirled around in our ...
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The lander, called Resilience, is funded by private capital and JAXA, the Japanese space agency. Japanese lunar firm ispace ...
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