via Associated PressSince 29 September this year, our moon has had a tiny neighbour. Asteroid 2024 PT5 was first discovered in August of this year by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. The researchers said the asteroid, which entered Earth’s orbit a few weeks ago, would provide a “two-month mini-moon” that’s set to leave our skies soon. But 2024 PT5 has been drawn in to our planet’s orbit, which is the one the moon spins around, thanks to Earth’s gravitational pull. “You may say that if a true satellite [like the moon] is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers,” Dr Carlos de la Fuente Marcos (who researched 2024 PT5) told Space.com.

Source: Huffington Post November 20, 2024 11:43 UTC