The tiny asteroid will remain in Earth’s orbit from now until Nov. 25, when it will exit and continue its journey through the solar system. “There’s no way for small telesco

The 2024 PT5 "mini-moon" asteroid will soon be in Earth's orbit. Here's everything you need to know about this celestial event.

A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity.

A second moon has officially entered Earth’s orbit — sort of. Although it’s being called a “minimoon,” it’s actually an asteroid named 2024 PT5. The asteroid has been temporarily captured by Earth’s gravitational pull.

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "mini-moon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.

Asteroid becomes Earth's mini moon for 2 months

NASA has announced plans to standardize the temporal readings for our lunar cousin by developing an official Coordinated Lunar Time measurement, or CLT. That's right: it's a time zone for the moon. "The existence of a common time reference is the basis of our everyday life activities on Earth,

On Sunday, September 29, our planet captured the tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon.

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