Earth always has more moons than you think

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...
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Earth To Temporarily Capture A 'Mini-Moon' - See An Orbit Animation

Earth captured asteroid 2024 PT5 back in September and expected to hold on to it till November according to Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. See an orbit ...
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Bus-Size Asteroid Flew Closer Than The Moon - Watch The Orbit Animation

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

Apollo's bold, unruly and controversial successor

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts ...
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Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its orbit? Here's what that means

Around the world in 57 days. A new moon is expected to be pulled into the Earth’s orbit by the end of September, but the rare phenomenon won’t last long. The visiting moon is technically an asteroid ...
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‘Mini-moon’ will start orbit of Earth later this week

SPACE (KXAN) — Earth is picking up a new moon later this week. This mini-moon is about 33 feet across, the size of a small school bus, and will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25. “We don’t know ...
The Indianapolis Star

Mini-moon set to orbit Earth is newly discovered asteroid: What to know

The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon this fall. A newly discovered asteroid will orbit the planet starting in late September. Scientists discovered asteroid 2024 PT5 on Aug. 7 through the ...
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Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its orbit? Here's what that means

Around the world in 57 days. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. A new moon is expected to be pulled into the Earth’s orbit by the end of September, but the rare phenomenon won’t ...